{"id":3146,"date":"2025-11-16T10:49:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=3146"},"modified":"2025-11-16T10:49:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:49:31","slug":"the-real-thing-real-faith-1-john-51-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=3146","title":{"rendered":"The Real Thing: Real Faith (1 John 5:1-5)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/111625-.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Message Outline&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1 John 5:1-5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 John 5:1&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Real Faith Believes in Jesus as Christ&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 John 5:1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Real Faith Loves God&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 John 5:1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Real Faith Loves His Children<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 John 5:2-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Real Faith Obey\u2019s God\u2019s Commands<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 John 5:4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Real Faith Overcomes the World<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 John 5:5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Everything begins and ends with faith in Jesus.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 John 5:13<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tension we face:&nbsp;<strong>Satan, Self, and Sin Seek to Sabotage our Faith.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The solution:&nbsp;<strong>Cling to the Truth of God\u2019s Promises in His Word.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Going Deeper Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ice Breaker Question:&nbsp;<\/strong>Did you ever buy something online that turned out to be a fake?&nbsp;<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Review 1 John 5:1-5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Do you think it\u2019s possible to have a real faith if some of this evidence is missing? Explain.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Real Faith Believes in Jesus as Christ&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Real Faith Loves God&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Real Faith Loves His Children<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Real Faith Obey\u2019s God\u2019s Commands<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Real Faith Overcomes the World<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When you consider these 5 as evidence, do you see a real and genuine faith in you? Explain.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1 John 5:3&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;John writes, &#8220;For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.&#8221; Why do some people perceive God&#8217;s commands as burdensome, heavy or restrictive? How can a love for God change that perspective? (Hint: see 1 John 4:17-19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1 John 5:4-5<\/strong>&nbsp;What does it mean in general to overcome the world through your faith in Jesus?&nbsp;&nbsp;What does it mean in a practical sense to &#8220;overcome the world&#8221; in your daily life in the challenges and temptations you face?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Satan, Self, and Sin Seek to Sabotage our Faith.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you see each of these things affecting your faith?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cling to the Truth of God\u2019s Promises in His Word.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How regularly do you spend time with the Lord in His word?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer: Pray for a deeper and more real faith, and noticeable growth in each of the 5 areas mentioned \u2013 especially the areas that are most challenging for you.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-931c321f-12b9-42ae-87e0-a234e9b6f9af\" href=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/111625-.mp3\">The Real Thing: Real Faith 1 John 5:1-5<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/111625-.mp3\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-931c321f-12b9-42ae-87e0-a234e9b6f9af\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Message Outline&nbsp; 1 John 5:1-5 1 John 5:1&nbsp; Real Faith Believes in Jesus as Christ&nbsp; 1 John 5:1 Real Faith Loves God&nbsp; 1 John 5:1 Real Faith Loves His Children 1 John 5:2-3 Real Faith Obey\u2019s God\u2019s Commands 1 John 5:4 Real Faith Overcomes the World 1 John 5:5 Everything begins and ends with faith &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=3146\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Real Thing: Real Faith (1 John 5:1-5)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1-john-the-real-thing","post_format-post-format-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3146"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3150,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3146\/revisions\/3150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}