Grace Covenant Church - Bloomington MN

1 John 5.6-12 Know the Testimony The Triad Testifiers, 5.6-9 Believe or Don’t Believe: That is the Question, 5.10-11 Live or Don’t Live: That is the Conclusion, 5.12 Commission:

1 John 4.7-21 Know God First Loved Us Atoning Sacrifice: Thus We Love, 4.7-10 Abiding Savior: By This They Know, 4.11-12 Abiding Children: By This We Know, 4.13-16 Abounding Confidence: Thus We Are Loved, 4.17-21 Commission

1 John 4.1-6 Know the True Spirit That’s Uncredible, 4.1 Confessional Criteria, 4.2-3 Apostates or Apostles, 4.4-6a By This We Know, 4.6b Commission

Philippians 4.10-23 The Secret to Contentment I. What is contentment? (11-12) 1. Learned (11-12) 2. Secret (12b) 3. Sufficient peace, strength, rest (11) 4. Not circumstantial (11b-12) II. Why do we need it? (1 Tim 6:6-7) III. How do we get it? (13-23) 1. By giving generously (14-20) 2. By receiving abundantly (13, 19, 23; 2 Cor 8:9) Commission:

Matthew 3.13-17 My Beloved Son The Baptism of Jesus - Fulfilling all Righteousness The Father and the Spirit Witness to the Son Stoppage time!

1 John 3.19-24 Know Abiding The Love Litmus Test, 3.19-20 The Confidence Challenge, 3.21-22 The Abiding Acts, 3.23-24 Commission

1 John 3.11-18 Know Christ’s Love We Cain’t Fight This Feeling Any Longer, 3.11-12 Cain-ted Love, 3.13-15 What is Love?, 3.16-17 Love is a Verb, 3.18 Commission:

1 John 2.28-3.10 Know the Children What Kind of Love?: Reborn People, 2.28-3.1 What Kind of Life?: Hopeful Holiness , 3.2-6 What Kind of Fruit?: Spiritual Genetics, 3.7-9 Manifest Destiny, 3.10 Commission:

1 John 2.18-27 Know the Deceivers The Final Countdown, 2.18 Going or Abiding, 2.19-21 Lying or Abiding, 2.22-25 Straying or Abiding, 2.26-27 Commission

1 John 2.12-17 Because You Have Known Do Listen to the Word, 2.12-14 Do Not Love the World, 2.15-17 Commission:

1 John 2.7-11 The Same Old New Commandment  It’s Old, It’s New, In Him and In You, 2.7-8  Hatred in the Dark or Love in the Light, 2.9-11  Commission:

1 John 2.1-6  If We Sin  Written Word: Sin, Sacrifice,   and Savior, 2.1-2  If You Claim to Know, 2.3-5a I f You Claim to Abide, 2.5b-6  Commission

1 John 1.1-4 We Testify to You  We Witness about Life Eternal, 1.1-2  We Proclaim for Life Communal, 1.3  We Write for Life Joyful, 1.4  Commission

(02.05.23) 1 John Intro: Faithful to the End | John Frese

The Actors:  Mordecai, the Jew, Haman the Agagite and enemy of the Jews, Ahasuerus the King of Persia, the scribes. The Enmity, the plot, the decree, the indifference of the King. The two kingdoms: darkness and light and their representatives. Do we live in indifference to the situation?  Do we sit down in front of the TV with our beer, oblivious to the battle?

As we conclude our study in Genesis this morning, I thought you would find it helpful to have a written copy of the questions you’ll be asked to help you hear and heed the text. These are the questions you’ll be asked in the sermon this morning to help you to obey Scripture. Scripture provides the script for our existence. 1. How is God calling me and us to participate in his Great Commandment and...

Genesis 50   In These Days: Covenant Life in Exile  Dress Rehearsal for Deliverance, 50.1-14  Comfort in the Covenant, 50.15-21  Promise for the Future, 50.22-26  Commission:

Genesis 49  In the Last Days:  The Seed is a Coming King Let’s Talk Last Days, 49.1-2  Preeminent Judah: Scepter & Lion, 49.3-17  Let’s Talk Salvation, 49.18  Faithful Joseph:   Perseverance & Preservation, 49.19-28  Jacob’s Last(!) Word, 49.29-33  Commission

The Offense of King Ahasuerus. The Deposing of Queen Vashti. An Opportunity to Put It Right. Repeating the Same Mistake. Two Faced Friends. Salvation From an Unexpected Quarter. The Transfer of Power

Jesus is the King  Come and See the Christ, 1.35-42  Come and See the King, 1.43-51  Commission

Jesus is the Word  God With Us, 1.14  God Witnessed, 1.15  God’s Grace Given, 1.16-17  God’s Glory Known, 1.18            Commission

John 1.3-13  Jesus is Life  Light in the Dark, 1.3-5  Witness for Belief, 1.6-8  Unknown by Own, 1.9-11  Adoption as Children, 1.12-13  Commission:

John 1:1-2  Jesus is God  In the Beginning, 1:1  This is the One, 1:2  Commission

Genesis 48 Chosen & Adopted:   Extending the Covenant  End and New Beginning, 48.1-2  Choosing and Coming, 48.3-7  Adopting and Blessing, 48.8-20  Faith and Inheritance, 48.21-22  Commission

“And In You”: One Who Suffers Saves the Nations Family & Pharoah:    Two Way Blessing, 47.1-12  Purchasing People:   Saving the Nations, 47.13-26  Home Again:   Anticipating the Exodus, 47.27-31 Commission: