Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
Sermons on John (Page 2)
There is something sacred about Christmas Eve. The lights, the music, the anticipation — but even more, there is the sense that something world-changing happened in the middle of an ordinary night. Christmas Eve reminds us of this truth: God steps into our world not when everything is perfect, but when everything is broken —…
The Christmas season is full of references to “love,” but real love often gets trapped in the busyness of the season. Advent Love reveals love as God’s nature, God’s action, and God’s initiative. Love is not a sentimental feeling.Love is not a seasonal idea.Love is God Himself, moving toward us in Jesus. As we finish…
“You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.” Galatians 5:13 The mission of Jesus isn’t just for church—it’s for everywhere you go and everything you do. We live the mission most powerfully when we live it…
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34–35 Love is much more than a “feeling.” It’s costly, it’s often messy, and it requires action. Jesus didn’t just…
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. John 15:1-2 God’s pruning process may be painful, but it is always purposeful—to make us more fruitful and…
14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet…
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. James 1:22 Hearing God’s Word is not enough—we must live it. The blessing is in obedience, not just in knowledge. God calls us to be doers of the Word, putting our faith into faithful action.
Everything we know—nations, news, networks, even nature itself—will eventually fade. But the Word of God? It will never fade.It will never fail.It will never fall short. We should cling to it, trust it, and live by it.We should build our lives on the Word that endures.
12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 The Bible isn’t ancient literature that belongs in a museum. It’s not outdated or irrelevant. It…