Certainty Through Experience

Summit Life with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The first disciples believed in Jesus because of the miracles they witnessed: the healing of the sick and blind, the calming of storms, and the resurrection. But now that Jesus has returned to heaven, how can we have that same experience and the same assurance that those first disciples had? We’ll discover the answer as Pastor J.D. continues our new series titled, Assured.

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0:00.0	Today on Summit Life with JD Greer, how do you know that your experience with God is real?
0:05.2	How do you know you're not just swept up in some kind of crowd deception?
0:08.3	How do you know that you're actually part of the movement?
0:10.9	Most people that I know have dealt with this and if you've never asked the question,
0:14.3	you probably, you probably should.
0:25.6	Welcome to Summit Life with Pastor and Author JD Greer.
0:29.1	I'm your host, Molly Vittavitch.
0:31.2	Okay, how great would it have been to actually see Jesus firsthand?
0:35.4	The first disciples witnessed some pretty incredible miracles that really solidified their beliefs,
0:41.2	the healing of the sick and blind and the calming of storms and, of course, the resurrection itself.
0:46.1	But now that Jesus has returned to heaven, how can we possibly have that same solid assurance
0:51.6	that those first disciples had?
0:53.8	That's our subject today as Pastor JD continues our new teaching series titled A Short.
0:59.3	If you missed any of the previous messages, you can catch up online at JD Greer.com.
1:05.0	Today, Pastor JD has called his message, certainty through experience.
1:09.0	So let's jump right in.
1:12.7	If you have your Bible, I would love for you to take it out and open it to the book of First John.
1:16.6	Book of First John is all about how you can know that the gospel that you believe is true
1:23.1	and how you can know that your experience with God is genuine.
1:27.7	As I mentioned, the epistle of First John was written by John who was one of the closest disciples
1:35.2	to Jesus personally. And here is the question that he returns to over and over and over again
1:42.1	in this letter is, how can you know that your experience with God is genuine?
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