Sermon
What Keeps Us from Loving God?
Harris Creek Baptist Church
Speaker: Jonathan Pokluda
January 13, 2026 · 45 min
Summary
Drawing from 1 John 2:15-17, the sermon identifies three worldly pursuits that compete with loving God: pleasure, possessions, and position pursued apart from Him. Believers must recognize that access to God's kingdom, secured through Christ's sacrifice, calls them to leverage all possessions and influence for eternal kingdom purposes rather than self-glorification.
Highlights
Access is not a blessing unless you love what you've been invited into. If you've been given access, it's not a gift to you unless you love what you've been invited into.
If you're full of the world, you're resistant to the kingdom. But if you're full on the kingdom, you're resistant to the world.
Can you have nice things? Only in as much as you share them. If you don't want to share them, if you wanna keep them all for yourself, I would never buy something nice. It will condemn you.