Friday, March 04, 2005

1 JOHN - Seed Archive

1 John 2:15-16
About 15 years ago, I wrote a quick note to myself in the form of a sermon seed for use sometime in the future. I don't recall what prompted it but it was out of my prophetic voice, I'm sure! At the time I wrote it, 9/11 and all of its baggage was still future.
TOPIC: Cultural decay; Sin, Worldviews

TITLE: A DYSFUNCTIONAL KINGDOM - Three Deadly Diseases
A kingdom without a king is just a land filled with people in search of a leader.
[VET] An acronym with many ties ... here it stands for Voyeurism, Exhibitionism, and Terrorism
TEXT: 1 John 2:15-16
Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
TRUTH: Three contemporary social diseases which find their roots in "self" are having a horrible impact on Western Civilization.
I. VOYEURISM - "the lust of the eyes"
  1. A person who derives sexual gratification from observing the naked bodies or sexual acts of others, especially from a secret vantage point
  2. An obsessive observer of sordid or sensational subjects
The modern addiction to the visual is symtomatic; TV, porn, entertainment, etc.
II. EXHIBITIONISM - "the lust of the flesh"
  1. Extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself
  2. The perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals
Britany Spears, Paris Hilton, rock musicians, politicians, even the mega-church and emergent movements are part of it.
III. TERRORISM - "the boastful pride of life"
  1. The use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes
  2. The state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization
  3. A method of governing or of resisting a government
Here our need to dominate rather than serve others is seen.

1 John 5:13
“These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, in order that you may know that you have eternal life.”

TOPIC: Assurance, Salvation

TITLE: WHAT DO YOU KNOW FOR CERTAIN?
FOUNDATIONAL INQUIRY: What should all "believers" know for certain?
I. They Should Know Why -- SIN!
"all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
Romans 3:23
II. They Should Know What -- DEATH!
"the wages of sin is death."
Romans 6:23a
III. They Should Know When -- NOW!
"behold, now is "THE ACCEPTABLE TIME," behold, now is "THE DAY OF SALVATION"
2 Corinthians 6:2b
IV. They Should Know Who -- JESUS!
"there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved."
Acts 4:12
V. They Should Know How -- CONFESS HIM AS LORD!
"if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved"
Romans 10:9

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