Norris Ferry Sermons

1 John 4:1-6 Discerning the Truth from Error (Audio) 06.11.2016 44:34 ↓

Deut. 13: 1-5, Moses warns, “If a prophet or someone who has dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, and that sign or wonder he has promised you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods,” which you have not known...

1 John 3:19-24 When the Heart Condemns (Audio) 30.10.2016 35:54 ↓

Is your heart condemning you? Maybe it is because you’ve heard the signs of authentic salvation and it has caused you to doubt. Maybe it is because you are participating in secret sin and your heart is condemning you. Maybe it is because your...

1 John 3:11-18 Authentic Christians Love in Deed and Truth (Audio) 23.10.2016 37:11 ↓

Today John does something similar on the subject of love as he contrasts Cain with Christ. So in this passage we will see the hatred of Cain is evidence of spiritual death and love of Christ is evidence of spiritual life. In particular view here is...

1 John 3:4-10 The Nature of Sin (Audio) 16.10.2016 39:15 ↓

Today, John wants to make it perfectly clear that the authentic Christian practices righteousness and no authentic Christian will practice sin. If you want to know which team you are on - Jesus’ or the Devil’s - look at your practice. You’ve heard...

1 John 2:28-3:3 Living in Light of Christ's Return (Audio) 09.10.2016 35:41 ↓

Do you live in expectation of the return of Christ? So let me ask you this - do you really believe that Jesus Christ is coming back to this earth and that it could happen at any moment? The Bible is very clear that Jesus is coming again.

1 John 2:18-27 Abide in Christ (Audio) 02.10.2016 41:22 ↓

John has been explaining what authentic faith is by providing the Church (children) with contrasts. John has used the contrast of light and dark as a clear picture of God’s perfect righteousness and sin’s complete sinfulness. Next he made clear the...

1 John 2:12-17 Do Not Love the World (Audio) 25.09.2016 39:58 ↓

I want to ask you a series of questions about your life this last week. Don’t answer me aloud but really try to honestly answer these questions about yourself as you look back on last week. What motivated you to get out of bed or why did you find it...

1 John 2:3-11 Knowing that You Know (Audio) 18.09.2016 34:53 ↓

God is invisible and almost everyone claims to believe in God. How do you know if you really know God? Have you ever had someone describe their spiritual experience and when you heard it you began to question your own?

1 John 2:1-2 Sin Less not Sinless (Audio) 11.09.2016 41:54 ↓

With all this talk about grace covering our sin, one might be afraid that John’s teaching would lead to more sin. I mean as soon as a person hears that God’s grace in Jesus covers all their sin won’t they sin all the more. Answer: No, in fact in 2:1...

1 John 1:5-10 Walking in the Light (Audio) 04.09.2016 31:47 ↓

This week, in verses 5-10, we are told that truly knowing that Christ has been manifested in flesh is accompanied by a life of devotion and obedience. It is a fact that He has come, that He is the Son of God, that He is the savior, the light of the...

1 John 1:1-4 The Word of Life (Audio) 28.08.2016 43:51 ↓

On a scale of 1-10, ten being the highest, how confident are you in the gospel message concerning Jesus? Do you know what the gospel is? Do you know how we got the gospel? Do you why we proclaim the gospel? On a scale of 1-10, where are you? The...

1 John Introduction (Audio) 21.08.2016 35:58 ↓

To gain confidence that your salvation is authenticyou must know what to look for. It is not as simple as knowing thedate you prayed a prayer, or having a baptism certificate, or a churchmembership covenant or certificate on file. To have...