1 / 31

Better Together

Better Together. A New Command. I– BETTER TOGETER A NEW COMMAND. The Glue of a Healthy Church… LOVE. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND. John 13: 34-35

lyneth
Download Presentation

Better Together

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Better Together A New Command

  2. I– BETTER TOGETER A NEW COMMAND The Glue of a Healthy Church… LOVE.

  3. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND John 13: 34-35 34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

  4. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND 1 LOVE ONE ANOTHER

  5. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND • How can you recognize true, authentic love?

  6. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND • Why do you think Jesus cares so much about us loving each other that he labeled it as a “command,” not just a “suggestion” or “cool idea”?

  7. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND 1 John 4: 7-21 Tells us that “God is Love”

  8. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND Love isn’t just an idea that God supports. It’s at the very core of who God is! If we’re striving to love one another, then we’re striving to build God-honoring character in our lives.

  9. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND 2 USE JESUS AS THE EXAMPLE

  10. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND • Jesus said, “Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.” • How would you describe or explain the kind of love Jesus has for his followers?

  11. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND • Do we deserve • Jesus’ love? • … • Y/N

  12. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND • how did we manage to earn that love? • [Y]

  13. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND • why does Jesus still love us so powerfully anyway? • [N]

  14. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND We can’t earn Jesus’ love, but he offers it to us as a free gift.

  15. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND • Jesus allowed himself to be crucified to pay the price for our sins—this was sacrificial, selfless love.

  16. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND We can display this same kind of love for others by making sacrifices and caring about other people’s needs in real-world ways.

  17. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND POINT PEOPLE TOWARDS JESUS 3

  18. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND • What are some of the ways Christians try to point people toward Jesus?

  19. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND • If love proves to the world that we are followers of Jesus, • then what message are we sending if we aren’t displaying love for one another?

  20. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND Sometimes we try to demonstrate that we are followers of Jesus through the T-shirts we wear or the music we listen to or the books we read.

  21. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND Jesus says the best way to point people to him is to let the world see our love for one another.

  22. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND • Ephesians 4:1-6. • How many examples of “love in action” can you find in these verses?

  23. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND V2. What’s the power of “making allowance for each other’s faults”? How can this build solid friendships and greater unity?

  24. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND 1 Corinthians 13:1-7. Love isn’t just a feeling; it’s demonstrated through our actions and the way we interact with people.

  25. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND 1 Corinthians 13:1-7. Love isn’t just a feeling; it’s demonstrated through our actions and the way we interact with people. [Jesus-He]

  26. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND 1 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have JESUS, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have JESUS, I am nothing.

  27. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND 3If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have JESUS, I gain nothing.

  28. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND 4JESUSis patient, JESUSis kind. HEdoes not envy, HEdoes not boast, HEis not proud. 5HEdoes not dishonor others, HEis not self-seeking, HEis not easily angered, HEkeeps no record of wrongs.

  29. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND 6JESUSdoes not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7HEalways protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

  30. I– BETTER TOGETHER A NEW COMMAND John 13:34 “So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other”.

  31. LOVE A NEW COMMAND

More Related