God's Love
Published on May 21, 2021
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John 15:9-17
16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. 17 This is my command: Love each other.
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“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. This is my command: Love each other.
Love Defined
- God's Love
- So moved with compassion for someone else that you are compelled to act on their behalf, often at great sacrifice to yourself
Father loved me
I love you
You love one another
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Love Preserved
- Remain
- Love dwells in obedience
- "follow my lead"
- My Command
Abide, sit and stay awhile, don't run off, keep on keeping on under a hevy load
aor act imperative
Love dwells in obedience
IF love is absent look for obedience problems
ignorance - are the commands of the Lord known?
misunderstanding - are the commands of the Lord understood properly?
outraight refusal to comply?
As Jesus obeys the Father, we are to obey Jesus
My Commands vs. 10,
My Father's Commands vs. 10
My Commands vs. 12
My friends keep my Command vs. 14
This is what I command to you....
This is directed at us.....
Command vs. 17
authoritative direction or instruction to do something
aor act imperative
Love dwells in obedience
IF love is absent look for obedience problems
ignorance - are the commands of the Lord known?
misunderstanding - are the commands of the Lord understood properly?
outraight refusal to comply?
As Jesus obeys the Father, we are to obey Jesus
My Commands vs. 10,
My Father's Commands vs. 10
My Commands vs. 12
My friends keep my Command vs. 14
This is what I command to you....
This is directed at us.....
Command vs. 17
authoritative direction or instruction to do something
JOY!
love's purpose
So that.......is a purpose clause
Here is where the world without Jesus misses the best part of love.........
We would have the Joy of Jesus in us, indwelling us, a part of our inner being
What is joy?
It is the act of rejoicing, to be happy or like throuwing a party
It is the external expression of internal happiness
It is a peace that comes from knowing that no matter what my life is right with God, which leads to the most common reason for joy, and that is because one has salvation in God
This joy is sometimes called everlasting....because those who are God's know already that they are under God’s protection and can rejoice in spite of present suffering:
joy is often associated with righteousness and peace....as we reviewed in Sunday school this morning
And this joy, Jesus hopes is experienced in fullness, not just little pieces of it, not just in the religious room in my life......but in every area. That is love's purpose.
It is the fruit of his presence
Here is where the world without Jesus misses the best part of love.........
We would have the Joy of Jesus in us, indwelling us, a part of our inner being
What is joy?
It is the act of rejoicing, to be happy or like throuwing a party
It is the external expression of internal happiness
It is a peace that comes from knowing that no matter what my life is right with God, which leads to the most common reason for joy, and that is because one has salvation in God
This joy is sometimes called everlasting....because those who are God's know already that they are under God’s protection and can rejoice in spite of present suffering:
joy is often associated with righteousness and peace....as we reviewed in Sunday school this morning
And this joy, Jesus hopes is experienced in fullness, not just little pieces of it, not just in the religious room in my life......but in every area. That is love's purpose.
It is the fruit of his presence
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Love Productive
- sacrifice for each other
- friendship with God
- awareness of God's work
- fruitful ministries "pop"
- effectiveness in prayer
Jesus of course is the ultimate example here, when we go out of the way for each other instead of looking to our own needs first, some amazing things can happen. When we practice the truth in Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these things ........
Since we are friends with Jesus, he lets us in on the back story in heaven
ministries pop becuase God raises up leaders to go and bear fruit, love is a cosmic catlyst for effective lasting ministries
effective prayer - because we are praying in agreement with what we know God is doing.....
God's love is flowing thorugh us to those around us
No sin or disobedience is stifling our ability to hear or see what God is up to.....
Since we are friends with Jesus, he lets us in on the back story in heaven
ministries pop becuase God raises up leaders to go and bear fruit, love is a cosmic catlyst for effective lasting ministries
effective prayer - because we are praying in agreement with what we know God is doing.....
God's love is flowing thorugh us to those around us
No sin or disobedience is stifling our ability to hear or see what God is up to.....
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Father loved me
I love you
You love one another
Live in Joy
Living in Joy looks like verses 13-16.......
Sacrificial attitude towards each other
Friendship with Jesus, clear communication with Him
Efforts in ministry are in sync with the Lord's plans and we are seeing great fruit
Become a center for prayer because people know that when we pray things happen!!
You see why loving one another is so important!!
Sacrificial attitude towards each other
Friendship with Jesus, clear communication with Him
Efforts in ministry are in sync with the Lord's plans and we are seeing great fruit
Become a center for prayer because people know that when we pray things happen!!
You see why loving one another is so important!!
Photo by Michael_thru_50mm
So.....
- How well do you know Jesus?
- What is your attitude towards his commands?
- Is God's love flowing in your life?
Close with story about my heart....and how the blockages can be reversed
through surgery
or therapis of various kinds
in a couple of weeks I go and se how much has been reversed......
It can be reversed....I am excited about that
through surgery
or therapis of various kinds
in a couple of weeks I go and se how much has been reversed......
It can be reversed....I am excited about that
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