[Dennis Rouse]
10: Extraordinary Love for People
교회명 | VictoryATL |
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설교자 | [Dennis Rouse] |
내용 | VictoryATL, 10: Extraordinary Love for People[Pastor Dennis Rouse] John 13:34-35 NLT “So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Justas I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” 1 John 4:7-8 NLT Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 NLT Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE! Ephesians 3:17-19 NKJ …that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Four Dimensions of Love: 1. Loving the least John 3:16 NKJ “FOR GOD SO LOVED the WORLD that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Matthew 25:31-40 NIV “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.” 2. Loving the lost Matthew 18:11 NKJ “For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.” Matthew 9:9-13 MSG Passing along, Jesus saw a man at his work collecting taxes. His name was Matthew. Jesus said, “Come along with me.” Matthew stood up and followed him. Later when Jesus was eating supper at Matthew’s house with his close followers, a lot of disreputable characters came and joined them. When the Pharisees saw him keeping this kind of company, they had a fit, and lit into Jesus’ followers. “What kind of example is this from your Teacher, acting cozy with crooks and riffraff?” Jesus, overhearing, shot back, “Who needs a doctor: the healthy or the sick? Go figure out what this Scripture means: ‘I’m after mercy, not religion.’ I’m here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders.” 3. Loving cross-culturally Ephesians 2:14-18 NIV For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. 4. Loving my enemies Matthew 5:43-48 NKJ “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.” Romans 12:17-21 NIV Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. |
성경본문 | 1 John 4:7-8 NLT, John 3:16 NKJ |