1. We should love one another. I John 3:11

• This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. I John 3:16
• And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 3:16
• Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and truth. I John 3:18

2. Commanded.

• To obey Gods commands, is to please him. I John 3:22
• God commands to believe in Jesus I John 3:23
• God further commands that we love one another. I John 3:23

1. Continue in him. I John 2:28

• Don’t be led astray, do what is right. I John 3:7
• No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or knows him. I John 3:6
• No one who is born of God will continue to sin… I John 3:9

2. Children of God.

• How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! I John 3:1
• But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. I John 3:5
• The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. I John 3:8b

1. Choices

• You can love the world or you can love the Father, you must choose one or the other. I John 15:15
• The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. I John 2:17
• This is what he promised us–even eternal life. I John 2:26

2. Antichrists

• Some who seemed to follow Jesus for a while, chose to walk down a different path. I John 2:18
• The man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist-he denies the Father and the Son. I John 2:22
• No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also. I John 2:23

1. A message from Jesus.

• God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. I John 1:5
• A person who lives in the dark of sin is not connected to God. I John 1:6
• If we walk with Jesus, we have fellowship with one another. I John 1:7

2. Sin

• If we claim to be without sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. I John 1:8
• John writes so that we might not sin. I John 2:1
• Jesus blood purifies us from all sin. I John 2:7
• Jesus is the atoning sacrifice, for the whole world. I John 2:2

3. Love is the answer

• To walk in the light is to love our brothers & sisters.I John 2:9
• To live in the darkness blinds us to the truth. I John 2:11
• May the word of God live in you. I John 2:14

1. They were all together in one place. Acts 2:1

• They were not just in one place physically, they were also in one place spiritually.
• They were constantly in prayer and so in their spirits, they were ready to humbly submit to the Holy Spirit. Acts 1:14
• What happened at Pentecost is not the result of superbly trained people enacting God’s plan, rather it is the byproduct of some rough, uncultured Galileans choosing as one with their minds to surrender completely to God. Acts 2:4

2. From every nation under heaven. Acts 2:5

• Through the Holy Spirit God can use His people to speak the language of those He is calling! Acts 2:6
• Each person heard the wonders of God proclaimed in their own dialect because God’s word is to go to all nations. Acts 1:8
• Some responded with faith, and some with ridicule. Acts 2:13

3. As the Spirit enabled them. Acts 2:4

• The Spirit enabled these men to witness, but they had to choose to open their mouths and speak!
• The call of the Apostle is to be a witness to the resurrection. Acts 1:22 This is also the call of the Church!
• Without the Holy Spirit we cannot succeed, with the Holy Spirit we cannot fail!

1. Seen, Heard and Touched.

• John was not speaking of a new thing. I John 1:1
• The Word of life was, seen, heard and touched. Jesus was flesh and blood. I John 1:1

2. Proclaimed!

• John proclaimed the Word of life. I John 1:1
• John proclaimed Eternal life. I John 1:2
• John proclaimed life that is real flesh and blood. I John 1:3

3. Why did John write?

• So that we might have fellowship with other followers of Jesus. I John 1:3
• So that we might have fellowship with God the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. I John 1:3
• So that our there might be joy! I John 1:4

1. A Compassionate God.

• When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion… Jonah 3:10
• I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. Jonah 4:2

2. Jonah; the spoiled brat.

• Jonah excused his failure, by blaming it on God. Jonah 3:2
• Jonah valued a vine more than the 120 thousand people who lived in Nineveh. Jonah 4:10-11
• Jonah judged everything by how he felt it affected him.

3. God is the important one.

• If we put ourselves first in life our priorities will be wrong.
• If we serve God, if we trust him even when we don’t understand we will have peace.
• Jesus answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind;; and , ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 10:27

1. Second chances.

• Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: Jonah 3:1
• Jonah trusted that God would give him a message. Jonah 3:2
• On Jonah’s second chance he was obedient. Jonah 3:3

2. Believing God.

• The people of Nineveh believed God; their belief moved them to action. Jonah 3:5
• From the least to the greatest there was genuine repentance. Jonah 3:5
• True belief in God brings a change into our lives.

3. A God of Compassion.

• The people of Nineveh, changed their behavior, and hoped that God would respond with compassion. Jonah 3:9
• God saw what they did… Jonah 3:10
• God did not bring destruction down upon them. Jonah 3:10

1. In the belly of the fish.

• “In my distress I called to the LORD,” Jonah 2:2
• But you brought my life up from the pit, O LORD my God. Jonah 2:6
• When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you,Jonah 2:7

2. Worthless idols.

• Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs. Jonah 2:8
• Are your hard times worse than Jonahs, as he is trapped in the belly of the fish?
• Jonah says, “But I, with a song of thanksgiving,” Jonah 2:9

3. Salvation Comes from the LORD. Jonah 2:9

• Salvation comes to the undeserving.
• Salvation comes by faith.
• Salvation comes by our request.
• And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land. Jonah 2:10

Jonah 1:1-17

1. Runaway.

• God called Jonah to go one way, but he chose to go another. Jonah 1:1-3
• God did not give up on Jonah or on the people of Nineveh. Jonah 1:2 & 4
• Sometimes it takes storms in our lives to move us to a place where we will respond to God. Jonah 1:17

2. There are no atheists in foxholes.

• The sailors knew that there was a “god” responsible for their plight. Jonah 1:6
• God revealed that the problem was Jonah. Jonah 1:7
• Why do we wait until all else fails to pray? Jonah 1:6

3. You cannot outrun God.

• This story is bigger than Jonah, he was important, but so were others.
• If God had allowed Jonah to remain in hiding, would Nineveh have been lost?
• Jonah was so weak he forced the crew to throw him overboard. Jonah 1:15
• God is faithful! Jonah 1:17