SERMON: Resurrection Reality - Week 6 The Way Church
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The Reality of Friendship: A Sermon on John 15:9-17
The entirety of God’s Word can be summed up in one word: love. God’s Law is all about love. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart...” and “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37,39). The gospel is all about love: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son...” (John 3:16). From his compassion for the sick and broken, to his sacrificial death on the cross, to the peace he provided after his resurrection, Jesus was the perfect embodiment of love. Love is his business. Therefore, love is our business too. But do you see how he expresses his love? It’s as the best kind of friend… who lays down his life! The resurrection reality is that with the same supernatural power by which God raised Jesus from the dead, God now enables us to live a new life—one marked by radically selfless love and one in which friendships are completely redeemed! The motivation and ability to do this comes from seeing the love of our best friend, Jesus. We love only because he first loved us.
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The Reality of Friendship: A Sermon on John 15:9-17
The entirety of God’s Word can be summed up in one word: love. God’s Law is all about love. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart...” and “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37,39). The gospel is all about love: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son...” (John 3:16). From his compassion for the sick and broken, to his sacrificial death on the cross, to the peace he provided after his resurrection, Jesus was the perfect embodiment of love. Love is his business. Therefore, love is our business too. But do you see how he expresses his love? It’s as the best kind of friend… who lays down his life! The resurrection reality is that with the same supernatural power by which God raised Jesus from the dead, God now enables us to live a new life—one marked by radically selfless love and one in which friendships are completely redeemed! The motivation and ability to do this comes from seeing the love of our best friend, Jesus. We love only because he first loved us.
Visit TheWayChurchVA.com to learn more about The Way Church in Fredericksburg, VA!
https://thewaychurchva.com/