What's in a name? Or better yet, what's behind the name? You may call a rose whatever you like, but if you call it a rose, it had better smell sweet! And if we call ourselves "Christians," we had better have something of Christ about us, besides the name tag. Today Jim opens a new series in the letter of 1 John. And he asks us to open ourselves to John's fundamental questions: Am I a child of God; and How do I know?

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There are many flavors of Christianity, but we want the "original recipe!" The Apostle John doesn't just tell us to watch out for phonies; he shows us how to spot these little antichrists: They've always got some new spin on the "old, old story." The Apostle Jesus Loved is concerned that we "abide," or rest in the Scriptures, and in the Spirit. And there's much more advice waiting for us in the passage we'll study today and tomorrow. Jim's current message from the letter of 1 John is called Benefits of the Children of God.

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