LifePointe Christian Church
Speaker: Chris Delfs, Senior Pastor
The primary term the first Jesus followers used to describe themselves: DISCIPLE
John 13:35 By this everyone will know that you’re my disciples if you love one another.
John 13:34
BEING A DISCIPLE OF JESUS BY LOVING THE WAY HE LOVED US.
How Jesus loved: Seemed inconsistent
How Jesus loved: Seemed confusing
How Jesus loved: Seemed unfair
If we try to resolve this tension, we lose the ability to love the way Jesus called us to love
John 1: Context
John 1:1-4 NIV
John 1:11-12 NIV
John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us
John 1:14 We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Grace and Truth: The tension we try to solve and resolve
Full: Not some truth and some grace but ALL of both
John 1:16. Out of his fullness, we have all received grace in place of grace already given
John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses;
John 1:17 grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Not the balance between, but the full measure of . . .
Jesus the full embodiment of grace and truth
The Samaritan Woman at the well (John 4:1-42)
Matthew (Matthew 9:9)
Criminals on the cross (Luke 23:39-43)
Rich young ruler (Mark 10:17-27)
Woman caught in adultery (John 8:1-11)
If you want to know what Jesus meant when he said to love one another, then watch how Jesus loved
Jesus called “sin,” sin
Jesus paid for our sin with his own life Jesus did not condemn us
Jesus declared: “Leave your life of sin”
I don’t condemn you. You can be free.
Need truth or sin will get you Need grace because we still sin
John 13:34-35
As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” disciples, if you love one another.”