Galena Bible Church

1 John: Here is Love

1 John 4:10 "In this is love, not that we
have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the
propitiation for our sins."The world offers a paint by
numbers cheap imitation of the masterpiece called God's Love. Love has
become so misunderstood that the fundamental questions about it have to
be re-answered and not assumed. Where does love come from? What is love?
What are we to do with love? If you take away one lesson from this, let
it be this: God loves you. If that does not boggle your mind you have no
earthly idea what love is.Delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday November 16th, 2014.

1 John: Not everything is Christian

1 John 4:1-6The Apostle John gives a strong warning that not everyone who says they're teaching a Christian message actually is. That's why he warns us to "test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world." In this sermon Pastor Chris shows what John says we aught to do to test what is being said.Delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday November 9th, 2014.

Practical Humble Saving Love

1 John 3:11-26What does it mean for a disciple of Jesus to "Love one another"? Does it give life or take it? Does it meet practical needs, or is all talk? Is love self serving, or does it operate in humility? And finally does it make us look more like Jesus. In this sermon Pastor Chris Kopp shares what Christian love looks like. Delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday November 2nd, 2014.

Prayer is a powerful weapon...are we using it

Jon Casey reminds us of the truth that prayer is powerful. Are we using it to accomplish what God intends it for?Delivered to Galena Bible Church, Sunday October 26th, 2014.

1 John Children of God

1John 3:1  See what kind of love the
Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so
we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not
know him.When
we understand the "kind of love" (this is the Gospel) that God has
"given to us" (this is grace) and are adopted as Children of God, our
lives look different. We no longer live a life practicing sin, but
rather practicing righteousness. In this sermon Pastor Chris walks
through 1 John 3:1-11 and unpacks this easily misunderstood concept.Delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday October 19th, 2014.

The End is Near...and has been for 2000 years

1John 2:26I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.There are WAY too many books and movies on end times theology. I say there are too many because they are 99.9% in existence for profit. The other 0.1% are actually looking at what scripture has to say about how we are to live in these last days. 2000 years we've been waiting in the last days, and still Jesus is faithful. The spirit of the antichrist is active as well. You've been confronted with it. In this sermon Pastor Chris Kopp walks through the Apostle John's warnings about who the antichrist is and how we are to respond to the deceit that he brings.Delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday October 12th, 2014.

1 John 2:15-17 What Holds Your Love

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (1John 2:15)Idolatry is alive and well in the world today. Although we think we are civilized beyond this ancient form of worship we simply substitute pride, position, relationships, and religion for the little statues of old. This is because we have within us deep longings that God made and called good, and since the fall we have been trying to fill those longings with anything other than what God intends: Himself. When deep longings turn to depraved lusts we have lost the essence of love, and this is far too easy to do.In this sermon Pastor Chris Kopp looks at 1 John 2:15-17 and asks the question "What holds your love?" Delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday October 5th, 2014.

1John: Commanded to Love

Contrary to what a lot of people think, the Bible isn't a book of
does and don't. It's a redemptive story of humanity showing how as we
were given rules to live by, it was impossible for us to follow God. As
such we were/are in need of someone to substitute his life for ours.
Thankfully "we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous." 1John 2:1Now are commands from God are not rules oriented but Love oriented. Love the Lord your God, and love your neighbor as yourself.In this sermon Pastor Chris explores 1John 2:1-11 in the light of the commandments of Jesus.Delivered to the Galena Bible Church Sunday December 29th, 2014.

1 John 1:5-10 Walking in the light of the Gospel

1 John 1:5-10What does it mean for us to "walk in the light as He (Jesus) is in the light"? The revealing nature of God's Holiness always exposes our sin. This is NEVER a bad thing, but rather is the only way we can see just how deeply we need the Gospel's work in our lives. In this sermon Pastor Chris Kopp looks at 1John 1:5-10 and explores these ideas.Delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday September 21st, 2014.

1 John 1: That you may know you have eternal life

1st John has a lot to say about what it means to be saved. How do you
know you have eternal life? What is eternal life? How are we to share
this with others? These questions and many others we will be looking at
as we go through this new series in 1st John: That You May Know You Have
Eternal Life. In this sermon we look at what is involved in the
sharing of the Gospel: 1. Testimony, 2. Truth, 3. Invitation, and 4.
Joy. Hope you enjoy and learn along with us.Delivered by Pastor Chris Kopp to the Galena Bible Church on September 14th, 2014.