Those who are born of God have overcome the world and all its lies, temptations, deceit and sin. Overcomers – victors, champions, winners, conquerors. Jesus lives in us and HE conquers the world and all its lies. You are a conqueror in Christ because Christ is in you!

There is nothing certain in this world; kingdoms rise, kingdoms fall. We live in a world of uncertainties: uncertain political future, financial future, uncertain health… we live in a world of instability. But, as followers of Jesus, we have an anchor for our soul, we have the more certain Word of God, we know that we have eternal life, God hears our prayer, that we belong to God, that we are no longer a slave of sin but now Jesus is our master!

The Bible has astounding promises that God will answer prayer. The qualifier is if we ask ‘according to His will’. We know His will through the written word of God in the Bible. As we are committed to serve Him and obey Him, we become more familiar with His will and thus our prayers are more often answered because they are based on God’s will and not our misguided motives.

Love; it’s a word that means different things to different people. God’s love will change your life. When one experiences God’s love, they will never be the same. However, His Love does not mean approval. His love is correcting and forgiving. His love hates sin. He loves the sinner enough to not allow the sinner to remain in his sin. God’s love is demonstrated on the cross of Calvary.

The purpose of the apostle's writing this is that we would have joy-filled life. Joy that is based on fellowship with God. We can have fellowship with God, amazing but true! Jesus died on the cross so that we would have communion and fellowship with God. That brings the Father and us the greatest joy – communion with Him.

If Jesus is who He really claimed to be, then we owe Him everything! If Jesus really is God in human form, then everything He says is the final authority for our beliefs and behaviors! He is Lord of all. We owe Him our full allegiance above everything and everyone!

There is a difference between happiness and joy. Happiness is based on how well our circumstances go for us. Joy is based on how well our relationship with God is. The Lord wants us to experience ‘fullness of Joy’. Pastor Larry will explain what that means to us in this message.

In a world full of doubt, full of change, and full of an uncertain future, the Apostle John bolts out a definite certainty – Jesus! Jesus Christ, you can know Him, walk with Him, obey Him, and fellowship with Him.