WEBVTT 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:12.380 Loving each other as God loves us. Today's main 00:00:12.380 --> 00:00:17.260 scripture is 1 John 4 verse 7 through 12. And 00:00:17.260 --> 00:00:20.460 this is taken from the ESV version. It says, 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:24.539 beloved, let us love one another for love is 00:00:24.539 --> 00:00:29.320 from God and whoever loves has been born of God 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:33.859 and knows God. Anyone who does not love does 00:00:33.859 --> 00:00:38.710 not know God because God is love. In this, the 00:00:38.710 --> 00:00:43.689 love of God was made manifest among us, that 00:00:43.689 --> 00:00:48.310 God sent his only son into the world so that 00:00:48.310 --> 00:00:52.850 we might live through him. In this is love, not 00:00:52.850 --> 00:00:57.329 that we have loved God, but that he loved us 00:00:57.329 --> 00:01:02.689 and sent his son to be the propitiation for our 00:01:02.689 --> 00:01:08.159 sins. Beloved, if God so loved us. We also ought 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:11.340 to love one another. If we love one another, 00:01:11.659 --> 00:01:16.819 God abides in us and his love is perfected in 00:01:16.819 --> 00:01:22.040 us. We express love as Jesus expressed God's 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:27.099 love, his love on earth. For he saved us. He 00:01:27.099 --> 00:01:30.200 sent his only son into the world to die for us 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:33.560 so that we can live through him. That is the 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:38.260 ultimate act of love for all time so how much 00:01:38.260 --> 00:01:41.500 does it take to love one another to express his 00:01:41.500 --> 00:01:46.120 perfect love to others our second scripture is 00:01:46.120 --> 00:01:50.140 romans 13 verse 8 through 10 and this is from 00:01:50.140 --> 00:01:56.959 the esv version it says oh no one anything except 00:01:56.959 --> 00:02:02.060 to love each other for the one who loves one 00:02:02.060 --> 00:02:06.870 another has fulfilled the law for the commandments 00:02:06.870 --> 00:02:10.969 you shall not commit adultery you shall not murder 00:02:10.969 --> 00:02:16.550 you shall not steal you shall not covet and any 00:02:16.550 --> 00:02:20.689 other commandment are summed up in this word 00:02:20.689 --> 00:02:24.610 you shall love your neighbor as yourself love 00:02:24.610 --> 00:02:29.129 does no wrong to a neighbor therefore love is 00:02:29.129 --> 00:02:34.169 the fulfilling of the law Jesus is the law. So 00:02:34.169 --> 00:02:36.990 loving each other means that we are being Christ 00:02:36.990 --> 00:02:39.629 -like. When we say we love God, it means that 00:02:39.629 --> 00:02:43.189 we honor God. When we love God, we will love 00:02:43.189 --> 00:02:47.430 others. It is a testament to God's agape love. 00:02:47.830 --> 00:02:50.669 Jesus showed that on earth, and he showed us 00:02:50.669 --> 00:02:55.150 how to love others. He was the perfect example. 00:02:55.590 --> 00:03:02.830 He set the way. Our last scripture is Ephesians 00:03:02.830 --> 00:03:06.810 5 verse 1 through 2 and this is taken from the 00:03:06.810 --> 00:03:11.490 NIV version. It says, follow God's example therefore 00:03:11.490 --> 00:03:16.569 as dearly loved children and walk in the way 00:03:16.569 --> 00:03:21.150 of love just as Christ loved us. So we must follow 00:03:21.150 --> 00:03:25.080 God's example as little children. When we were 00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:27.840 little, we just wanted to be just like our parents. 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:30.639 We want to be just like God. We want to live 00:03:30.639 --> 00:03:34.699 as Jesus walked. We want to live as he lived. 00:03:34.860 --> 00:03:38.500 Loving each other in Christ. We have to remember 00:03:38.500 --> 00:03:42.719 that we experienced love in our life because 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:46.599 Christ loved us so much to give up himself for 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:49.900 us. Because he was a perfect holy sacrificial 00:03:49.900 --> 00:03:55.139 lamb to atone for our sins. Our points today 00:03:55.139 --> 00:03:59.280 are, one, express. Saying I love you is one thing. 00:03:59.919 --> 00:04:03.759 Expressing I love you is another. God showed 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:08.039 us action to his words by sending his son, who 00:04:08.039 --> 00:04:12.039 knew no sin, to die for our place. That is the 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:16.720 greatest expression of love for all time. Two, 00:04:17.019 --> 00:04:21.500 testament. Jesus loved God to the point of death, 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:24.759 and he followed through even to the cross. So 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:28.600 how much does it take to love our brothers and 00:04:28.600 --> 00:04:32.959 sisters in God's agape love? The love of God 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:38.139 truly conquers all. Three, the perfect example. 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:41.740 God laid it out to what it means to follow him, 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:44.720 and he did it in a way where he set Jesus as 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:48.290 the perfect example. to make us realize if we 00:04:48.290 --> 00:04:52.649 truly love God, we will love others just as Jesus 00:04:52.649 --> 00:04:59.709 did and still does today. So if you have a personal 00:04:59.709 --> 00:05:03.689 relationship with Jesus Christ, then this message 00:05:03.689 --> 00:05:06.550 will help you. But if you don't have a personal 00:05:06.550 --> 00:05:10.310 relationship with Jesus Christ, then I invite 00:05:10.310 --> 00:05:13.189 you to give your heart to the Lord today. To 00:05:13.189 --> 00:05:16.600 receive him into your heart. Go to Romans 10, 00:05:16.800 --> 00:05:21.379 9 through 10. It says that if you confess with 00:05:21.379 --> 00:05:25.319 your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe into your 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:28.399 heart that God has raised him from the dead, 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:32.100 you will be saved. For with the heart one believes 00:05:32.100 --> 00:05:35.839 unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:40.160 is made unto salvation. If you said this prayer 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:44.220 with sincerity, you are saved. and now have eternal 00:05:44.220 --> 00:05:47.339 life with Jesus. You are saved from all your 00:05:47.339 --> 00:05:52.339 sin, past, present, and future sins you may commit. 00:05:53.180 --> 00:05:56.899 This truth is not a free pass to sin anytime. 00:05:57.459 --> 00:06:00.800 Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:04.240 choices and empowers you to spread the gospel 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:07.899 to others. You are saved forever and your name 00:06:07.899 --> 00:06:10.139 is written in the book of life!