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Beyond the Message

Veritas Church, Cedar Rapids, IA

Join us each week for a casual conversation as we dive deeper into Sunday’s message. We explore key points, clarify questions, and discuss insights that didn’t make it to the stage. This podcast is designed to help you reflect, learn, and apply the truth shared during the sermon.

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  • Avg 34 min
  • English

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  • June 1 · 27 min

    1 John 4:20-21

    <p>In 1 John 4:20–21, John gives one of the clearest tests of genuine faith in the entire letter: those who claim to love God must also love God’s people. This message explored the inseparable connection between love for God and love for the church, showing that a persistent refusal to love fellow believers exposes hypocrisy, while genuine love for God is authenticated through practical, sacrificial love for His people.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Message Highlights:</b> Love for God and love for God’s peop

  • May 25 · 33 min

    1 John 4:17-19

    <p>In 1 John 4:17-19, John addresses one of the deepest struggles many Christians carry: fear before God. The perfected love of God in Christ replaces fear of judgment with confidence, reminding believers that Jesus has already stood in judgment for their sin so they can live in peace, freedom, and assurance before God.</p> <p>Message Highlights:</p> <p>God’s perfected love gives believers confidence before judgment. Christians do not stand before God hoping they have done enough to avoid punish

  • May 18 · 40 min

    1 John 4:11-16

    <p><b>Message Highlights:</b></p> <p>God abides in His people by His Spirit. When God saves us, He does not merely forgive us; He comes to dwell in us. The Holy Spirit is the presence of God in believers, transforming us from the inside out.</p> <p>The Spirit produces transformative belief in Jesus. The Spirit does not merely help us affirm facts about Jesus, but opens our eyes to treasure Him as Savior and Son of God. True belief leads to worship, loyalty, obedience, and love.</p> <p>The Spirit

  • May 11 · 33 min

    1 John 4:9-10

    <p>What does it mean to love one another and what is the ultimate example and reason of love? In 1 John 4:9-10, John shows us that love is not defined by the world, our feelings, or even our sacrifices, but by God’s sending of His Son. This message helped us see that God’s love is shown, proactive, sacrificial, and God-centered—and calls the church to love one another in a way that reflects the glory of God.&nbsp;</p> <p>Message Highlights:God’s love is shown. God’s love is not abstract or hidde

  • May 4 · 27 min

    1 John 4:7-8

    <p>What is love—really? In a world that constantly redefines love around feelings, self-expression, and personal fulfillment, 1 John 4:7-8 brings us back to the source: God Himself.</p> <p>In this message, we explored the foundational truth that God is love—and why that changes everything about how we understand and practice love. This episode further unpacks how love is not defined by culture or emotion, but by God’s character, and how genuine love for others becomes the clearest evidence that

  • April 26 · 23 min

    1 John 4: 1-6 | Part 2

    <p>How do you actually discern false teaching without becoming cynical, arrogant, or fearful? In this message from 1 John 4:1-6, we continue John’s call to “test the spirits” by exploring three additional tests: the life test, the worldly test, and the Bible test. While false teaching is a real and present danger, John also gives deep comfort—“he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”</p> <p>The Christian response is not panic, but discernment rooted in truth. This sermon helps t

  • April 19 · 41 min

    1 John 4:1-6 | Part 1

    <p>Why does John continue to warn those he is writing to? Because truth is under attack, and Christians are called to be discerning. In this message from 1 John 4:1-6, the church is urged not to believe everything it hears, but to test the spirits, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.</p> <p>The core issue is not just sincerity or spiritual language, but whether Jesus is rightly understood and confessed. This sermon presses the church to see that spiritual deception is real,

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