
Passage: John 3:16-21

Passage: 1 Peter 1:1-2

Passages: Genesis 3:14-19, Luke 2:1-21
Under siege
The ancient battle
A thrill of hope
Double waiting

Passage: 1 John 2:28 – 3:10; Romans 8:12-17
Identity is Everything
1. Don’t be discouraged: Five confirmations that you are God’s child!
Confirmation 1: you take after your Father
Confirmation 2: you are growing yourself in purity
Confirmation 3: you have a new relationship to sin
Confirmation 4: you have the indwelling Holy Spirit
Confirmation 5: you practise costly love
Implications
2. Don’t be deceived! Three marks of a child of the devil
Mark 1: the practice of sin
Mark 2: the practice of lawlessness
Mark 3: the absence of costly love
Implications…
3. The Son of God appeared…
To take away the guilt of sins
To take away the practice of sins
To destroy the works of the devil
Implications…
Conclusion: The gospel call

Passage: 1 Peter 5
The Leaders in the Journey
The Path for the Journey
The End of the Journey

Passage: Matthew 5:21-26; Numbers 35:21-26
1. Anger and God’s law
2. Anger and God’s judgment
3. Anger and God’s reconciliation

Passage: Isaiah 2:1-5
Speaker: Dan Shih
Mountains as high places
Israel: God’s mountain project
A stone placed in Zion
The Church – Spiritual Zion