
1 John
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What do you rely on to get through your day? The things we rely on are also what define us-our family, education, job, accomplishments, money. For the apostle John, nothing defined him more than the love of God in Jesus, and that is what he relied on every moment of every day. Scotty Smith takes readers through 1 John and shows how a rich understanding of the love of God prepares us to thrive in times of great stress and strengthens us for every season of life.
Relying on God's love brings true joy that empowers us to be faithful in the face of opposition. Discover how we are to live in this world as children of light and how the best way to defeat spiritual warfare is to be preoccupied with Jesus. Participants will learn how knowing Jesus equals loving Jesus, and loving Jesus equals loving others. Because the Father already loves us as much as he loves Jesus, he is committed to making us like Jesus.
This small group guide includes eight in-depth lessons that include discussion questions, a short article to read, and a practical application section that can be used for one-to-one discipleship, small group, or large group settings.
1 John: Relying on the Love of God is part of The Gospel-Centered Life in the Bible series published in partnership with Serge. Each book in the series examines how the gospel story is revealed throughout both the Old and New Testaments.
Relying on God's love brings true joy that empowers us to be faithful in the face of opposition. Discover how we are to live in this world as children of light and how the best way to defeat spiritual warfare is to be preoccupied with Jesus. Participants will learn how knowing Jesus equals loving Jesus, and loving Jesus equals loving others. Because the Father already loves us as much as he loves Jesus, he is committed to making us like Jesus.
This small group guide includes eight in-depth lessons that include discussion questions, a short article to read, and a practical application section that can be used for one-to-one discipleship, small group, or large group settings.
1 John: Relying on the Love of God is part of The Gospel-Centered Life in the Bible series published in partnership with Serge. Each book in the series examines how the gospel story is revealed throughout both the Old and New Testaments.
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Scotty Smith, DMin, planted and pastored Christ Community Church in Franklin, TN, for twenty-six years. He worked on the pastoral staff of West End Community Church as teacher-in-residence and also served as adjunct faculty for Covenant Seminary, Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia), Reformed Theological Seminary (Orlando), and Western Seminary (Portland, OR). He is the author of Everyday Prayers, Every Season Prayers, Ephesians: The Love We Long For, Revelation: Hope in the Darkness, and 1 John: Relying on the Love of God. Scotty and his wife of more than forty-five years, Darlene, live in Franklin, TN.
Content
- Intro
- Introduction
- Lesson 1 - Made for Intimacy with God
- Article: The Message of 1 John
- Exercise: Too-Small Impressions of Eternal Life
- Lesson 2 - Jesus's Life for Us and in Us
- Article: The Lyric and Music of the Gospel
- Exercise: Law, Anti-Law, and Gospel
- Lesson 3 - Living as Children of Light
- Article: New-Command Living
- Exercise: "We Love Because . . ."
- Lesson 4 - Remaining in Christ
- Article: One Christ, Many Antichrists
- Exercise: Head and Heart
- Lesson 5 - The Transforming Power of Hope
- Article: Our Need for Hope
- Exercise: Seeing Jesus, Gaining Hope
- Lesson 6 - Knowing and Relying on God's Love
- Article: A Life of Reliance
- Exercise: He First Loved Us
- Lesson 7 - It Really Is All about Jesus
- Article: Our Prophet, Priest, and King
- Exercise: Burden-Free Obedience
- Lesson 8 - The Certainty of Eternal Life
- Article: Can We Really Know?
- Exercise: Ask Anything
- Leader's Notes
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