1. Grace Fellowship Church www.GraceDoctrine.org
Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Sunday
January 13, 2008
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2. The Unrivaled Power of Prayer Rom 8:26, “For we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”

3. 1 John Series 1 John 4:1 A Warning about False Teachers

4. Chapter 4 begins with a warning to recognize and avoid false teachings.

5. Gnosticism teaches that there is no such thing as an Old Sin Nature, you do not have to confess your sins after salvation and Jesus Christ is not God incarnate.

6. They reconcile and combine philosophy with Bible doctrine.

7. They reconcile and combine philosophy with Bible doctrine
They reconcile and combine philosophy with Bible doctrine. As a result of this negative influence, God inspired John to write this epistle.

8. Paul warned the pastors at Ephesus that among them there would be men who taught false doctrine to the flock of God. Acts 20:28-31

9. Peter also warned his readers concerning false prophets that would deny the Person of Christ. 2 Peter 2:1-3

10. Volition is the issue because man is an inferior and fallible creature, inherently weak to sin, human good and evil.

11. As a result we gravitate to a power system that is greater than we are; it may be a false system, or it may be a true system.

12. The true system is God's Power System (GPS) and the false system is Satan's Cosmic System.

13. John discusses this in terms of thought testing and the dynamics of impersonal love, plus the inevitable blessings of residence and function inside GPS.

14. “Beloved ones” is used to designate the Royal Family of God, emphasizing the fact that Jesus Christ is the beloved (Eph 1:6), and you and I are accepted in the beloved.

15. We are Royal Family, and with the privilege goes responsibility
We are Royal Family, and with the privilege goes responsibility. The responsibility to advance to maturity through discernment between true and false teaching.

16. Offering

17. Grace Fellowship Church Sunday, January 13, Tape # 08S John Series Warning Against False Teachers, Pt John 4:1; Acts 20:28-31; 2 Peter 2: James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2008