2.25.18 // DEFEATING DARKNESS

DEFEATING DARKNESS

Love Brings Joy

Scott Young.com – Pastor of HOPE

 

1 John 1:4 - These things we write to you that your joy may be full.

 

1 John 1: 5 - This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.

 

1 John 1:7 - But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

 

1 John 2:8 - Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

 

1 John 2:9 - He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.

 

1 John 2:10 - He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

 

OVERCOMING IN THIS WORLD

 

1. Love The Light

1 John 2:15 - Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

 

2. Win Over The World

1 John 2:16 - For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.

 

3. Emphasize The Eternal

1 John 2:17 - And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.