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Scripture:
1 John 4:7-21
Easy to Moralize the Text:
Example of moralizing a text:
So for today’s text it would be so easy to preach a sermon that goes something like this:
Why aren’t you loving the people in this room?
Why arent loving the people not in this room?
You should love more!
Let’s Pray!
You should love.
We are born of God and if you dont love your neighbor you are a liar, so love your neighbor more OK.
Everybody put your hands in: LOVE on 3. 1..2..3.. LOVE.
To Moralize a text essentially makes the statement: That we live the Christian life in our own strength so we say grit our teeth and work harder OK?
Guilt us into loving sometimes very difficult people to love.
This is not what the text is wanting to do this morning
The heart of the Text
1 John 4:
The writing of the letter:
False teachers: gnositcism---
John: The word became flesh and dwelt among us
Nic at night:
Today’s gospel text: I am the vine you are the branches.. I’ve come to enter into the enfleshment of life so that you can be connected to me.
John’s message over and over: This the basic message of the Gospel: God has come in our midst because He Loves US!!
Because He Loves You!!
SO I have a question for you today:
Do y
No
Do you know that God loves you?
Look at Me!! Do You really know that God loves you?
No I mean it!!! Do You really, really, really know that God Loves you?
Like a child trying to do all these things to impress a parent!
This text is not a moralism trying to get us to work harder at loving.... What John is asking us is do you know How much God Loves you.
John is wanting us to understand that it is not that we try harder in our own strength to love others but it is in our KNOWING that God loves us that we are then free to love others without condition.
1 John 4:16-
Show Big Bang Theory Video
Gloria Gaither wrote an old song:
“I am Loved, I am Loved
I can risk loving you,
For the one who knows me best, loves me most”
Vulnerability of being loved.
Loving others means I risk being vulnerable and risk that vulnerability gets missed understood knowing all the while no matter what I am Loved by God.
Dysfunctional Family of God!
1 John 4:18-
Do You know that God Loves You??
That love casts out fear..fear that brings the brokenness as a family..
Let’s confess that we have all sorts of fears that we bring....
If time— What are some of your fears??
We bring alot of fears:
Fear of Change
Fear of our unworthiness
Fear that people will find out the secrets we’ve been carrying
Fear that other people are getting far more attention then us and we are doing more work then we should be doing
Fear that we wont be recognized
Fear the we will be recognized
John is concerned that we have been shaped by God that causes a fear in us.
Do You Know God Loves You??
It is when we know that we are Loved by God that we are able to truly love the Other and be lovable to those each other and those around us!!
Conclusion;
Do you know that God loves you?
Look at Me!! Do You really know that God loves you?
No I mean it!!! Do You really, really, really know that God Loves you?
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