The document is a sermon from Pastor Darryl Matthews of St Mark Missionary Baptist Church in Tampa, FL on the topic of "Living Like We're God's Children" based on 1 John 5:18-20. The sermon discusses how those born of God do not continue sinning and are kept safe by God, that the world is under the control of the evil one, and that through Jesus Christ we know the true God and have eternal life.

1. Pastor Darryl Matthews St Mark Missionary Baptist Church – Tampa, FL pastor@stmark247.org www.facebook.com/darryl.matthews 2011 Feb 27

2. 1 John 5:18-20 18We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him. 19We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

3. 1 John 5:18-20 20We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true—even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

4. Living Like We’reGod’s Children 1 John 5:18-20

5. Living Like We’reGod’s Children 1 John 5:18-20

6. Living Like We’re God’s Children “14This is the confidence we have in approaching God:

7. Our Confidence Before God “14b. . . that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.”

8. Our Confidence Before God “15And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.”

9. Our Confidence Before God 1 John 5:14-15

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11. Communion