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Saved but Ashamed When He Appears | Expository Preaching
1 John 2:28–29 • Will you lift your head or hang it low when Christ appears? John closes this chapter not with a threat — but with an appeal.
⛪ Preached at Pilgrim Baptist Church • Cookeville, TN • March 26, 2026.
John has spent this chapter warning the church about antichrists, liars, and the seductive pull of the world. Now in the final two verses, he turns from warning to wooing. His appeal is not more information — it's nearness. Abide in him. Stay close. Stay ready. Because he is coming.
The question John forces us to ask is not whether we're saved, but whether we're staying. Two kinds…
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