1 John Intro—1:1

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Dr. J. Vernon McGee

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Near the end of his life, the Apostle John, pastor of the church in Ephesus, wrote believers “a family letter” to teach them how to stand firm against heresy, to walk in the light, and grow closer to God. See how these principles still apply to us today.

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0:00.0	How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.
0:17.4	How long can you hold your breath?
0:19.5	30 seconds?
0:20.5	How about a minute? or even 90 seconds?
0:22.9	Well, in this study on Through the Bible, Dr. J. Vernon McGee takes us through God's Word
0:27.2	and shows us how all creation has been holding its breath, anticipating, even dreading
0:33.3	some ultimate climax or apocalypse.
0:36.5	Dr. McGee's special introduction challenges us that the door is open now for the gospel
0:41.5	to go out to all people on earth.
0:44.3	But, you know, that'll not always be the case.
0:46.9	You see, with each passing day, we have less time to get God's word out.
0:50.9	Here's Dr. McGee to tell us more.
0:53.5	May I say to you, though the Doa be wide open right now,
0:59.2	we have no assurance that it will continue to be so. In fact, those that are in the know today
1:06.2	tell us that this is something they believe is short-lived.
1:11.5	Our world that we're living in today is rushing to some type of a climax and crisis.
1:21.3	Now, those of us who believe the word of God, we think we know what it is.
1:27.2	But even the man outside today, the politicians, I started to say statesmen, but I can't
1:34.7	think of any of them right now.
1:37.2	And the educators and the military are all saying today that we're facing a grave crisis in the future.
1:48.8	The thing of it is, they think that's new and up to date.
1:52.3	Well, the Bible's been saying it for several thousand years, that this time would come.
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