1 John 4 ~ Real Life: God Moves First

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Text: 1 John 4
Title: Real Life: God Moves First
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower
At a time when the first-century church had been invaded by false teachers, John knew Christians who are not sure of God’s truth could wander away, never to return. He wrote 1 John to help these early believers not only to know the real truth, but to be confident of it, and to rest upon it. If then, why not today? We all urgently need to hear and obey God’s loving message in 1 John and let God’s love shape how we live in this world as light in the darkness bringing hope to the hopeless. In the fourth chapter of 1 John, we remember that God moves toward us first and as believers our love for others flows out of gratitude for what God has done in Jesus and not out of any anxiety, worry or need to earn God’s favor.