Episodes
Sunday Jan 05, 2020
A New Year's Resolution to Stop Sinning
Sunday Jan 05, 2020
Sunday Jan 05, 2020
Every new year it's the same thing. We come up with a list of resolutions: diet, exercise, Bible, prayer, serve, missions, less coffee, less TV, more reading. But what if you made a new year’s resolution to stop sinning?Maybe you’re thinking that resolution might the fastest broken resolution ever. But listen to 1 John 3:4-10 again and doesn’t it seem as though this is what a Christian is, someone who doesn’t sin? Shouldn’t this be possible? Shouldn’t this be our goal?
We will tackle two questions about this resolution from John’s words: 1) What’s so bad about sin in the first place? and 2) Why is ceasing to sin so hard?
Text: 1 John 3:4-10
Speaker: Sam Shin
Date: 1/5/2020
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
Destroying the Works of the Devil
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
Text: 1 John 3:4-10
Speaker: Sam Shin
Date: 1/12/2019
The word “devil” is a translation of the Greek word diabolos which means “one who separates” or “seducer”. He not only separated himself from God, but EVERYTHING he does is to keep you separated from God as well. He will use any means necessary to fulfill his work. As the apostle Paul said in Ephesians 6, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” Do not take Paul’s warning here lightly. While we can easily over-spiritualize everything, where the devil is under every rock and behind every tree, I just don’t think that’s our problem here in the west. Quite the opposite, we say we believe in Jesus Christ as God and yet, we practically deny the existence of the devil and his angels in this world.
Do not forget that he is actively at work to KEEP YOU SINNING. Do not fear him, but do not underestimate him. It is a fatal mistake to find him all powerful. It is also a fatal mistake to find him nowhere. Instead, we need to see what God has to say about him and how he can be defeated. And so today, we will look at four aspects of the devil, his sin (v. 8), his works (v. 8), his children (v. 10), and his destruction (v. 9).
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
Proof of Birth
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
When a child is born in America, you have to fill out forms to obtain a birth certificate. This certificate is proof that that child belongs to the parents.
It’s no different as a child of God. According to 1 John in 3:10-15, there are three proofs that make certain we are children of God. We 1) love one another (v. 11-14), 2) are hated by the world (v. 12-15), and 3) pass from death to life (v. 14).
Text: 1 John 3:10-15
Speaker: Sam Shin
Date: 1/19/2020
Sunday Jan 26, 2020
The Work of Love
Sunday Jan 26, 2020
Sunday Jan 26, 2020
How do we love one another according to John (v. 11)? First, we are not to be like Cain. This message talks about the positive ways we love one another: 1) Sacrifice, 2) Generosity, 3) Action and Truth.
Text: 1 John 3:16-18
Speaker: Sam Shin
Date: 1/26/2020