John’s Spiritual Checkup | Sunday Message (Pastor Jonathan Laurie)

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Greg Laurie

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🗓️ 11 May 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

There are some ways to tell if you’re really walking right with Jesus—John lays it out for each of us. But even if you aren’t, we’ll see how to handle that as well. Listen in and get your spiritual checkup now.

Notes:

Focus verse - 1 John 2

Read 1 John 2:1–6

#1 How’s Your Walk?
1 John 2:1–6

Sin is serious, but Jesus is our Advocate.

It’s not if you sin—it’s when.
The question is, “How will you respond?”

Read 1 John 2:3–4

Are you walking toward Jesus? Are you alongside Him?
Or are you name dropping as you walk the other way?

Propitiation: the means by which sins are forgiven.

Read 1 John 2:7–11

#2 How’s Your Heart?
1 John 2:7–11

Sometimes it’s easier to love a God you can’t see than it is to love the person next to you.

Anyone who claims to live in God’s light and hates a brother or sister is still in the dark.
1 John 2:9 (MSG)

Redemption means giving the love you never received, because God gave it to you first.

The compassion Christ showed you is the same compassion you’re called to show them.

If your heart is constantly cold toward others, if your instinct is to isolate, criticize, or cut people off, or if you cling to your grudge like an emotional support animal, maybe it's not them—it's you.

Read 1 John 2:12–17

#3 What’s Got Your Heart?
1 John 2:12–17

Your spiritual health is not a matter of perfection, but direction.

Jesus isn’t saying that having wealth is the problem.
He’s saying being owned by it is.

There’s nothing wrong with having possessions, as long as your possessions do not possess you.

And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
1 John 2:17 (NKJV)
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0:00.0	A New Beginning presents a book about the greatest evangelist of the 20th century, Billy Graham,
0:05.6	written by his friend, Pastor Greg Lorry.
0:08.0	I bring insights that maybe other books have not really touched on.
0:11.4	I also weave in a lot of my personal experiences, one-on-one with Billy,
0:15.4	things he said to me, and things I gleaned by watching him.
0:18.9	So if you want to learn more about this man that changed the
0:22.2	world, get your copy of Billy Graham, the man I knew. Yours for a gift of any amount at
0:28.4	Harvest.org. Hey there. Thanks for listening to the Greg Lorry podcast, a ministry supported by
0:35.7	Harvest Partners. I'm Greg Lorry, encouraging you. If you want to find
0:39.8	out more about Harvest Ministries and learn more about how to become a Harvest partner, just go to
0:45.2	harvest.org. Amen. Let's all pray together. Lord, we thank you for who you are. We thank you, God,
0:52.8	that you are our Father. The Lord lord you have made a way for us so
0:57.3	that we can be close to you we can hear from you lord we thank you for this time of worship getting to
1:02.4	seeing these timeless truths lord that you are for us that you have us in mind when you do these
1:08.6	amazing works for us sending your son to die in our place. Lord,
1:12.6	we are just forever grateful. And so now as we open up the Bible, this book that you have given
1:18.5	to us with timeless truths so that we can see who you are, see your plan for our lives, Lord,
1:24.2	we pray that you would speak to us, We pray that you would speak through me.
1:28.1	Lord, that you would bless this time. Lord, you have seen kingdoms rise and you have seen
1:32.9	kingdoms fall, but your word lasts forever. And, Father, we are thankful that the church will continue
1:40.0	on for all of eternity, Lord. You said that heaven and earth will pass away, but my word
1:45.5	will by no means pass away. Lord, we hold on to something that is steadfast and sure, and that is
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