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Comfort for a Troubled Conscience | Are You For Real? | 1 John 3:11-24 | Falls Church | Nate by CityLight Church

Comfort for a Troubled Conscience | Are You For Real? | 1 John 3:11-24 | Reston | Nate by CityLight Church

Comfort for a Troubled Conscience | Are You For Real? | 1 John 3:11-24 | Falls Church | Dale by CityLight Church

Practice makes Confident | Are You For Real? | 1 John 2:29-3:10 | Reston | John by CityLight Church

Practice makes Confident | Are You For Real? | 1 John 2:29-3:10 | Falls Church | Nate by CityLight Church

Don't be Deceived | Are You For Real? | 1 John 2:18-27 | Falls Church | Nate Join us this week as Pastor Nate walks us through 1 John 2:18-27 Don’t Be Deceived 1. Don’t be deceived by false leading - 18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 2. Don’t be deceived by people leaving - 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us. 3. Don’t be deceived by false teaching - 21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. Abide in the anointing - 20 But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. - 24 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. Isaiah 61:1 - The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound Acts 10:38 - 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. 2 Corinthians 1:21-22. 21 And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, 22 and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. To be anointed by God is to receive the Holy Spirit, by faith in Jesus Christ, and therefore be set apart and supernaturally empowered for life in the kingdom of God. 1. Abide in the truth of God - 20 But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. 21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. 27 But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him. 2. Abide in the person of God - 24 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. 3. Abide in the hope of God - 25 And this is the promise that he made to us—eternal life.

What Do You Love? | Are You for Real? | 1 John 2:7-17 | Reston | Nate by CityLight Church

What Do You Love? | Are You for Real? | 1 John 2:7-17 | Falls Church | John by CityLight Church

It's Black and White | Are You for Real? | 1 John 1:1-10 | Reston | John by CityLight Church

Walk the Talk | Are You for Real? | 1 John 2:1-6 | Reston | Dale by CityLight Church

Walk the Talk | Are You for Real? | 1 John 2:1-6 | Falls Church | Luis by CityLight Church

Black and White | Are You For Real| 1 John 1_1-10 Join us this week as Pastor Nate starts us on our new series in the book of 1st John, with a look at the first chapter.

Falls Church - Blessed | Psalm 67:1-7 by CityLight Church

Reston - We Are All About Jesus | Luke 10:38-42 by CityLight Church

Join us this week as Pastor John helps us understand the gifts of the Holy Spirit which are mostly talked about as "POWERs" . 1 Corinthians 12:8-11 “Love gifts manifest the love of God in practical ways. Power gifts demonstrate the power, presence, and reality of God. Word gifts clarify the nature, action, and purposes of God. Together the three categories of gifts create amazing harmony, unity, and clarity in our Church.” (Convergence) Resources: Convergence by Jon Thompson The Beginners Guide to Spiritual Gifts by Sam Storms Jesus Continued by J.D. Greear Practicing the Power by Sam Storms The Familiar Stranger by Tyler Staton All gifts are operative but not all are normative All gifts should be shared in love to build up the church You cannot walk by the Spirit if you do not work in the Word “The most urgent need is a church that is theologically literate and sufficiently familiar with the Bible that it can effectively judge and evaluate both the source and meaning of dreams, visions, and subjective impressions.” (Storms) Get clarity so you can handle mystery Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater “The solution to the abuse of spiritual gifts is not prohibition, but correction” (The Beginners Guide to Spiritual Gifts by Sam Storms) Often cessationist come to that conclusion by a lack of experience and a fear of experience (Tyler Staton) Prophecy 1 Thessalonians 5:19-21 - 19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not despise prophecies, 21 but test everything; hold fast what is good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil. Word of Knowledge Word of wisdom “Word of wisdom, so it has been said, pertains to instruction, and word of knowledge pertains to information” (Storms) T - Trustworthy, is the person sharing it trustworthy? E - Edifying, does it build up? S - Scripturally sound, is it in agreement with the word of God? T - Time, sometimes need to wait and see Discernment of spirits The goal is to be discerning, not dismissive. Intercession Tongues Interpretation of tongues Healing Isaiah 53:5 - But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. Miracles Faith