1. Pastor Chris Sunday, August 16
Love one another
Pastor Chris
Sunday, August 16

2. John 13:34-35
Borrowing one of ours?
pg. 1078
Espanol pg. 1404

3. 1. A Command to Follow (vs. 34)
“New command I give you”
Higher standard (renewed command)
“one of the fundamental laws of the kingdom” M. Henry
“The new command is simple enough for a toddler to memorize and appreciate, yet profound enough that the most mature believers are repeatedly embarrassed at how poorly they comprehend it and put it into practice.” D.A. Carson

4. 1. A Command to Follow (vs. 34)
“love one another” Fellow believers
“LOVE” a capacity in our being to place value or worth to something or someone
‘PHILIA’ --- friendly, brotherly
‘STORGE’ --- family
‘EROS’ --- sensual, passionate, romantic
‘AGAPE’ --- unconditional, sacrificial, total commitment

6. 1. A Command to Follow (vs. 34)
“as I have loved you” (v. 34, Jn )
Heart – will/emotion
Soul – spiritual submission/surrender
Mind – thoughts
Strength -- actions

7. 1 Cor pG. 1150/1500
4 Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, 5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, 6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails;

8. When we love like that . . . 1 John 3 {pg. 1219/1599}
Obedience – 1 Jn , 23
Relationship – 1 Jn , 4.7

9. Is loving optional? What if we don’t love?
Spiritual murder (1 Jn )
Child of devil (1 Jn. 3.10; Jn. 8.44)
Knows not God / Not known by God (1 Jn )
Liar (1 Jn )

10. 2. A Testimony to Share (vs. 35)
 “By this, all men will know that you are My disciples”
“The badge of Christian discipleship is not a cross worn around the neck or on the lapel, or some distinctive type of clothing. Anyone could profess discipleship by these means. The true mark of a Christian is love for his fellow Christians.” James MacDonald

12. Even people we like can sometimes
TWO Practical Ways to Show Christian Love . . .
1. Seek forgiveness from those you have wronged
2. Grant forgiveness to others who have wronged us
Even people we like can sometimes
be difficult to love!

13. When we love difficult people or choose to love even when we don’t feel like it, we demonstrate our reliance on God.

14. “The church is to be a loving church in a dying culture
“The church is to be a loving church in a dying culture. In the midst of the world, in the midst of our present dying culture, Jesus is giving a right to the world. Upon His authority He gives the world the right to judge whether you and I are born-again Christians on the basis of our observable love toward all Christians.” Francis Shaffer

15. Ultimate Expression of LOVE 3. A Life to Give (John 15.12-13)
Ultimate Expression of LOVE
Jn “Greater love has one than this, that he lay
down his life for his friends.”
1 Jn “We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay our lives down for our brothers”

16. God didn’t save us because
we were loveable.
“God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
(Rom. 5.8)

17. How do people know you are a follower of Jesus?

18. People don’t naturally love like 1 Cor. 13 . . . must have a HEART CHANGE.
Loving fellow believers
Loving the unlovable
Loving our enemies