Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
Stand Alone Sermon
We all find ourselves in one of these four positions in our walk with Christ: 1) Knowing God. Not just what we’ve heard about Him, but really discovering who God is. 2) Finding freedom. God, through Jesus, has forgiven and restored us. It is this new life that sets us free. Our enemy, the devil,…
3 And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4 And when they could not get near him (Jesus) because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.5 And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your…
As He said these things, many came to believe in Him. So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly My disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:30-32 NASB
As the number of non-believers continues to rise, we need to get back into God’s Word and seek the truth.
We live in a time and culture where self-love has taken on a negative meaning. It’s about what makes you happy and fulfilled. When Jesus said to love others as ourselves, He clarified that we are to love ourselves as He loved us and that this love would spill over to include others.
“Who do you say that I am?” Matthew 16:15 Jesus, in the midst of growing opposition and surrounded by crowds of people who liked him but did not understand him, did an unusual thing. He took his disciples north out of Israel into Gentile territory, to a place called Caesarea Philippi. And in Caesarea Philippi,…