This is the Message

This weekend at Eastbrook Church, we launched into a new series entitled “Love Letters,” where we are walking through the letters of 1, 2, and 3 John. My message this weekend was entitled, “This is the Message,” and drew from 1 John 1:1-2:2.

You can listen to my message online at the Eastbrook web-site here. You can also subscribe to the Eastbrook podcast here or follow Eastbrook Church on Twitter. I’ve included my outline for the message below:

A brief introduction

• The community
• The author
• The situation and key issues

The Message Revealed (1 John 1:1-5)

• The physical revelation (1:1-2)
• The Word of revelation (1:1b)
• The apostolic revelation (1:3-4)
• God’s essential revelation (1:5)

The Message on our relationships (1 John 1:6-7)

• Darkness and the elimination of relationships
• Light and the opening of relationships

The Message on sin and the self (1 John 1:8-9)

• Sin and self-deception
• Confession and forgiveness

The Message on sin and God (1 John 1:10-2:2)

• Sin and God-deception
• Failure and God’s means for atonement