Bryant Hewitt Brings The Message of Your Loves abounding to all Hearts in the Peacefulness From God. Do join Our Peace Tour as we bring the Lords Crusades to Asia, India, Africa, Europe.
And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more
in knowledge and all discernment, - Php 1:9
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A. LOVES THE LORD... 1. Jesus taught we should love God - Mt 22:37 2. His disciple John wrote that loving God must also mean loving His Son - 1Jn 5:1 3. Jesus expressed the same thought as John, but conversely - Jn 15:23 -- A disciple of Jesus is one who loves both the Father and the Son B. LOVES THE BRETHREN... 1. Jesus made this love a mark of true discipleship - Jn 13:34-35 2. John made it a sign of spiritual life - 1Jn 3:14; cf. 1Jn 2:9-11 -- A disciple of Jesus is one who loves his fellow disciples C. LOVES THE LOST... 1. God the Father certainly loved the lost - Jn 3:16 2. Jesus likewise had compassion for the lost - Mt 9:35-38 3. Paul had great concern for the lost - Ro 10:1; cf. 1Co 9:19-22 -- A disciple of Jesus is one loves those who are lost in sin
A. THROUGH WORSHIP... 1. This is how we can best demonstrate our love for God 2. Assuming that our worship is in harmony with what Jesus revealed a. That it is in Spirit and truth - Jn 4:23-24 b. That it includes keeping His commandments - Jn 14:15,21,23; 15:10 3. We are to worship God in two ways: a. Through our public assemblies - He 10:24-25 b. Through our private devotions - e.g., Mt 6:6 -- Disciples demonstrate love for God through public worship and private devotion B. THROUGH FELLOWSHIP... 1. This is how we can best demonstrate our love for the brethren 2. By not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together - He 10: 24-25 3. We are to fellowship with one another in two ways: a. By coming together as a church, for the Lord's Supper and other means of edification - cf. Ac 20:7; 1Co 14:26 b. By extending hospitality to one another - cf. 1Pe 4:8-9 -- Disciples demonstrate love for brethren through fellowship in church and home C. THROUGH EVANGELISM... 1. There is no better way to show love for the lost 2. Jesus manifested His compassion in this way a. By teaching the lost - Mt 9:35-36 b. By calling for prayer in behalf of the lost - Mt 9:37-38 c. By developing and sending forth laborers - Mt 10:1,5-7 3. We can show our concern for the lost in similar ways a. Through personal evangelism - e.g., 1Pe 3:15; Jn 1:45-46 b. Through supporting foreign evangelists - cf. Ro 10:14-15 -- Disciples demonstrate love for the lost by engaging in both local and foreign evangelism
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