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Sermon31072011Salt & Light
Jul 31st
This morning, John Barton preached on a section of the Sermon on the Mount, looking at the command to be salt and light from Matthew 5:13-16.
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Sermon 24072011 “Holding on to the truth”
Jul 24th
This morning, Graham returned to 1 John, this week looking at 2 verses 18-27, exploring what it means to hold on to the truth which is from the beginning.
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1 John 2:18-28
Intro Verse 18 “Dear Children” This is a new appeal to his listeners to draw near and heed this word. Yet another ‘gather close’. The new use of the word marks that this as a new section with new importance. So what are the important features here?
1) Their danger ‘Last Hour’ and ‘Antichrist’. The significance of their time and the importance of their opposition.
Danger in this ‘Last Hour’: As I mentioned last time, This is the last hour (or “it is the last time,”), verse 18.
It probably does not refer to any particular event. The destruction of Jerusalem had already taken place in AD70. John is referring to the nearness of the Lord’s coming as evidenced by the rise of Anti Christian teachers, a mark of the last time. The whole Christian age is the last time.
It was the purpose of the Spirit to keep the Church always expecting Christ to return at any moment. There is no other dispensation, or period, until Christ returns, only More >
Short sermon 24072011 Neil Morgan
Jul 24th
This morning, Neil Morgan brought a short preach to us. He talked about 1 John 2: 12-14, exploring what it means to have the word abide in you.
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Sermon 17072011 “Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom”.
Jul 18th
This morning Martin Rowley brought a message from 2 Corinthians 3:17-18.
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Sermon 10072011: Part 2 – What is predestination?
Jul 11th
This morning, Matt brought the second part of his study of Determinism, Foreknowledge or Open Future (see sermon from Sunday 5th June 2011 for the first part). Although the recording is a little quiet at the beginning, it does get louder about a minute into the recording.
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The God who risks: Part 2
Last time we looked at the biblical evidence that shows that God has not set the future in stone, and that it the future is not already written. That God could have created a universe where he foreknew or determined everything but the bible shows that God instead chose to create a universe that did not not have a predetermined or foreknown future, and that prophecy reveals God’s intention and is not “historiography before the event”. My intention was to show that you don’t have to believe in a fully determined or foreknown future to be a good Christian – the other views have had centuries of being proclaimed – but they are not the only evangelical view of God and His relationship to time, evil and suffering. It is important to have a robust framework that can deal with evil More >
Sermon 03072011: The world and its desires pass away
Jul 3rd
Unfortunately the recording didn’t work this week, however, Graham’s notes on 1 John 2: 15-17 can be read below.
Letters of John. Part 14
1 John 2:15-17
Intro
Toby covered the section of 1 John 2:15-16 so I will avoid repeating what Toby said. There is so much richness of revelations here that I do not need to repeat what Toby brought to us.
In this section we see that John speaks about having a right perspective on this life. He stresses that we should not love the world or anything in the world (15). and that ‘The world and its desires pass away’ (v17).
1) Do not love the world
Yes I know Jesus is quoted in John 3 as loving the world. We need to understand that in this letter John writes about having a right perspective on this life, in this world. Unlike in John chapter 3 he is not speaking of the world as containing people who should be loved, but ‘stuff’ that the world contains.
The key to understanding what John means here is to read the rest of the statement,
If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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Sunday Sermon 26062011: Children, Fathers, Young men.
Jun 26th
This morning Graham continued with the epistles of John, looking at 1 John 2:12-14 and those whom the passage is addressed to.
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This is part 13 in my series on the Epistles of John. This one is about Children, Fathers and Young Men. Hope it does you good, Graham.
1 John 2:12-14Intro
This section is laid out in many translations in the form of a poem. It is certainly different from what comes before and after. The verses seem to belong together having a common style. They address the different sections of the community using a common structure.
Could this have been from another source? There is as clear degree of continuity with what comes before and after. Previous themes are carried on here such as forgiveness of sins, knowing him ‘from the beginning’, ‘the word of God remains’ in you.
There is a warning coming in verses 15-17 and this section prepares the reader for it. In this section the false teachings seem to get little attention as the focus is now on proclaiming truth. The letter, having led up to this, now seems to have come to a summing up in the form of this poem.
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Sunday Sermon 19.06.11: Liars, listeners, walkers, lovers.
Jun 19th
This morning Graham continued with 1 John, this week looking chapter 2 v3-17.
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Letters of John. Part 12
1 John 2:3-11
Liars, listeners, walkers and lovers
Intro
1 John 2:3-17 appears to be the next portion that looks like a section all of its own.
It continues themes from the previous section but also introduces some themes that figure prominently in the remainder of this letter: Knowing God, keeping his commandments, love of God, love of fellow believer, not loving the world, overcoming the evil one.
In this section, set out for us is the matter of loving God as evidence of knowing God. This begins the section (v5), features in the middle (v10) and concludes the section (v15). Setting the theme of a passage in this way will be seen again in 3:11-18 and 4:7-5:5. This portion, 1 John 2:3-17, can be divided into three sections, verses 3-11, 12-14 and 15-17. Today we look at the first, 3-11.
Verses 3-11 is structured around three claims: found in verses in 4, 6, 9. Who “says” or who “claims”. Each of these three claims is about authenticity of faith. Faith not partnered with action is not authentic faith.
1) Walking in Light – again
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YEC Sermon 120611: An informed study of 1 John could not be complete without addressing word propitiation
Jun 13th
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1 John 1:9 – 2:2
“Atoning sacrifice” or “propitiation”.
Intro An informed study of 1 John could not be complete without addressing the matter of this word. There has been much debate among bible translators about how to render the word in English. Some would say the word carries the meaning of a sacrifice to appease the anger of God, others would say that God is love and is not angry so another word is needed.
Illustration of the Jack Russell on the path. 1) Does God have anger as well as love? Exodus 22:24 My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.
Exodus 32:10-11 Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation. But Moses sought the favour of the LORD his God. O LORD, he said, why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
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Sunday Sermon 5th June 2011: Determinism, Foreknowledge or an Open future?
Jun 5th
This morning Matt Parkins brought the word. When you’re going through a tough time have you ever said “God must have his reasons”, or “Relax, God is in control?”, or are you waiting for “the one” that God has planned for you to marry since before the world even began? How do we deal with the commonly held idea that if God plans or merely foreknows the future then God planned or foreknew of every act of evil – does that make God responsible for the evil that takes place here on earth? Why doesn’t God forewarn us of evil that is about to take place? Why does God create people he knows are definitely going to go to hell, again either by design or mere foreknowledge? It is time to think about these things and what they imply of God, time and his sovereignty.
Due to time constraints Matt had to omit a section on Jeremiah 18 and Romans 9 which seem to talk about God choosing who to save and who to condemn. Matt challenges this view in brief in his talk but more thoroughly in his blog: http://www.theologyinpencil.com/jeremiah-18-and-romans-9-re-examined
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