Learning to Love Like Jesus
Dr. Anthony E. Neal
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LET'S REMEMBER WHERE HE'S ALREADY BROUGHT US IN THIS SERIES.
IN WEEK ONE...
WE LEARNED THAT WE'RE MORE THAN BELIEVERS.
JESUS DIDN'T CALL US TO SIMPLY BELIEVE IN HIM.
HE CALLED US TO FOLLOW HIM.
IN WEEK TWO...
WE LEARNED THAT CONNECTED PEOPLE GROW.
IF WE'RE GOING TO BECOME MORE LIKE JESUS...
WE MUST STAY CONNECTED TO JESUS.
IN WEEK THREE...
WE DISCOVERED THAT WE'RE CALLED FROM SITTING TO SERVING.
EVERY DISCIPLE HAS BEEN GIFTED BY GOD TO SERVE OTHERS.
SO HERE'S THE QUESTION...
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A DISCIPLE FOLLOWS JESUS...
STAYS CONNECTED TO JESUS...
AND FAITHFULLY SERVES LIKE JESUS?
THEIR LIFE BEGINS TO LOOK MORE LIKE JESUS.
AND ACCORDING TO JESUS...
THE GREATEST EVIDENCE THAT WE BELONG TO HIM...
IS NOT OUR TITLE.
NOT OUR TALENT.
NOT EVEN OUR SERVICE.
IT'S OUR LOVE.
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
LEARNING TO LOVE LIKE JESUS
INTRODUCTION
ONE OF THE GREATEST MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT CHRISTIANITY …
IS THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE FOLLOWING JESUS IS PRIMARILY ABOUT ATTENDING CHURCH, READING THE BIBLE, OR AVOIDING CERTAIN SINS.
AND WHILE THOSE THINGS MATTER…
JESUS SAID THE DEFINING MARK OF HIS FOLLOWERS IS SOMETHING ELSE.
IT IS LOVE.
NOT LOVE AS THE WORLD DEFINES IT.
NOT A LOVE THAT DEPENDS ON HOW PEOPLE TREAT US.
NOT A LOVE RESERVED ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK LIKE US….
LOOK LIKE US…
WORSHIP LIKE US…
OR AGREE WITH US.
JESUS CALLS US TO LOVE PEOPLE THE WAY HE LOVED US.
YOU SEE….
THE TIMING OF THIS COMMAND IS SIGNIFICANT.
JESUS GIVES IT JUST HOURS BEFORE HIS ARREST AND CRUCIFIXION.
JUDAS HAS ALREADY DECIDED TO BETRAY HIM.
PETER WILL SOON DENY HIM.
THE OTHER DISCIPLES WILL SCATTER IN FEAR.
YET JESUS ISN'T FOCUSED ON REVENGE OR DEFENDING HIMSELF.
INSTEAD, HE WASHES THEIR FEET, HAS DINNER WITH THEM, AND COMMANDS THEM TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
THE WORLD HAS ALWAYS KNOWN HOW TO RECOGNIZE HATRED, DIVISION, REVENGE, AND SELFISHNESS.
JESUS SAYS THE WORLD SHOULD RECOGNIZE HIS DISCIPLES BY THEIR LOVE.
IF WE ARE TRULY BUILT TO FOLLOW JESUS, THEN WE MUST ALSO BE BUILT TO LOVE LIKE JESUS.
TODAY I WANT TO SHARE THREE TRUTHS ABOUT LEARNING TO LOVE LIKE JESUS.
TRANSITION: INTRODUCTION TO POINT I
CHURCH, IF WE'RE HONEST...
MOST OF US THINK WE KNOW WHAT LOVE IS.
WE SAY WE LOVE OUR FAMILIES.
WE LOVE OUR FRIENDS.
WE LOVE OUR CHURCH.
WE EVEN SAY WE LOVE GOD.
BUT JESUS ISN'T TALKING ABOUT ORDINARY LOVE.
HE'S TALKING ABOUT EXTRAORDINARY LOVE.
HE'S TALKING ABOUT A LOVE THAT KEEPS SHOWING UP...
EVEN WHEN PEOPLE LET YOU DOWN.
A LOVE THAT KEEPS SERVING...
EVEN WHEN NOBODY NOTICES.
A LOVE THAT KEEPS GIVING...
EVEN WHEN IT ISN'T APPRECIATED.
THAT'S THE KIND OF LOVE JESUS DEMONSTRATED.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILT TO FOLLOW HIM...
THEN WE'VE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO LOVE LIKE HIM.
THAT LEADS US TO OUR FIRST TRUTH.
LOVE LIKE JESUS IS SACRIFICIAL.
I. LOVE LIKE JESUS IS SACRIFICIAL
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
JESUS SAYS, "AS I HAVE LOVED YOU..."
THOSE SIX WORDS COMPLETELY REDEFINE WHAT LOVE LOOKS LIKE.
JESUS IS NOT ASKING HIS DISCIPLES TO INVENT THEIR OWN DEFINITION OF LOVE.
HE IS SAYING, "LOOK AT MY LIFE.
WATCH HOW I HAVE TREATED YOU.
THAT IS YOUR EXAMPLE."
NOTICE WHERE JESUS IS WHEN HE GIVES THIS COMMAND.
HE IS IN THE UPPER ROOM.
WITHIN HOURS HE WILL BE BETRAYED, ARRESTED, BEATEN, MOCKED, AND CRUCIFIED.
YET BEFORE HE THINKS ABOUT HIS OWN SUFFERING, HE THINKS ABOUT HIS DISCIPLES.
EARLIER IN THE CHAPTER HE WRAPPED HIMSELF WITH A TOWEL AND WASHED THEIR FEET.
IN JEWISH CULTURE, WASHING FEET WAS THE WORK OF THE LOWEST SERVANT IN THE HOUSE.
THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE KNELT BEFORE FISHERMEN, TAX COLLECTORS, AND DOUBTERS.
EVEN MORE REMARKABLE, HE WASHED THE FEET OF JUDAS, KNOWING JUDAS HAD ALREADY AGREED TO BETRAY HIM.
THAT IS SACRIFICIAL LOVE.
JESUS LOVED PEOPLE WHO DID NOT DESERVE IT.
YOU SEE….
WE WERE SEPARATED FROM GOD BY SIN.
WE WERE LOST WITHOUT HOPE.
YET WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US.
HE DID NOT WAIT FOR US TO GET OUR LIVES TOGETHER BEFORE HE LOVED US.
HIS LOVE REACHED US WHILE WE WERE STILL BROKEN.
THAT IS THE GOSPEL.
REAL LOVE ALWAYS COSTS SOMETHING.
IT COSTS TIME TO LISTEN WHEN YOU'RE TIRED.
IT COSTS PATIENCE WHEN SOMEONE KEEPS MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE.
IT COSTS HUMILITY TO ADMIT WHEN YOU'RE WRONG.
IT COSTS FORGIVENESS WHEN YOU'VE BEEN DEEPLY WOUNDED.
ANYONE CAN LOVE WHEN IT'S EASY.
JESUS CALLS US TO LOVE WHEN IT HURTS.
OUR CULTURE SAYS, "PROTECT YOUR PEACE BY CUTTING PEOPLE OFF."
JESUS SAYS, "LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU."
NOW DON’T GET ME WRONG….
THAT DOESN'T MEAN ALLOWING ABUSE OR ENABLING SINFUL BEHAVIOR.
HEALTHY BOUNDARIES ARE BIBLICAL.
BUT IT DOES MEAN REFUSING TO ALLOW HATRED, BITTERNESS, OR REVENGE TO TAKE ROOT IN OUR HEARTS.
SO….
THE QUESTION IS NOT, "WHAT ARE THEY WORTH?"
THE QUESTION IS, "HOW MUCH WAS I WORTH WHEN JESUS DIED FOR ME?"
THE ANSWER IS THAT HIS LOVE GAVE US VALUE.
IF WE ARE FOLLOWING JESUS, THEN OUR LOVE MUST COST US SOMETHING.
TRANSITION: POINT I TO POINT II
CHURCH, SACRIFICIAL LOVE IS DIFFICULT.
ANYBODY CAN LOVE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM BACK.
ANYBODY CAN LOVE PEOPLE WHO AGREE WITH THEM.
ANYBODY CAN LOVE PEOPLE WHO MAKE LIFE EASY.
BUT JESUS CALLS US TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
HE SAYS...
"AS I HAVE LOVED YOU..."
THAT KIND OF LOVE COSTS SOMETHING.
IT COSTS PRIDE.
IT COSTS COMFORT.
IT COSTS CONVENIENCE.
BUT HERE'S THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THE LOVE OF JESUS.
IT DOESN'T JUST MAKE SACRIFICES...
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
WHEN JESUS LOVED PEOPLE...
PEOPLE LEFT DIFFERENT THAN THEY CAME.
THE FEARFUL BECAME FAITHFUL.
THE GUILTY BECAME FORGIVEN.
THE BROKEN BECAME RESTORED.
THE HOPELESS FOUND HOPE.
BECAUSE THE LOVE OF JESUS DOESN'T SIMPLY COVER PEOPLE...
IT CHANGES PEOPLE.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE SECOND TRUTH.
LOVE LIKE JESUS IS TRANSFORMATIONAL.
II. LOVE LIKE JESUS IS TRANSFORMATIONAL
JESUS CALLS THIS "A NEW COMMANDMENT."
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR WAS ALREADY PART OF GOD'S LAW.
SO WHAT MAKES THIS COMMAND NEW?
THE STANDARD IS NEW.
THE OLD TESTAMENT SAID, "LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF."
JESUS SAYS, "LOVE AS I HAVE LOVED YOU."
THAT RAISES THE STANDARD FROM SELF-LOVE TO CHRIST-LIKE LOVE.
JESUS NEVER SIMPLY ACCEPTED PEOPLE AS THEY WERE AND LEFT THEM THERE.
HIS LOVE ALWAYS MOVED PEOPLE TOWARD TRANSFORMATION.
LOOK AT PETER.
PETER WAS IMPULSIVE, OUTSPOKEN, AND OFTEN OVERCONFIDENT.
HE DECLARED THAT HE WOULD NEVER DENY JESUS.
YET BEFORE SUNRISE, PETER DENIED EVEN KNOWING HIM THREE TIMES.
IMAGINE THE SHAME PETER MUST HAVE CARRIED.
MANY LEADERS WOULD HAVE REPLACED HIM.
MANY CHURCHES WOULD HAVE DISQUALIFIED HIM FOREVER.
BUT AFTER THE RESURRECTION, JESUS MET PETER ON THE SHORE.
HE DIDN'T BEGIN WITH CONDEMNATION.
HE BEGAN WITH LOVE.
THREE TIMES JESUS ASKED, "DO YOU LOVE ME?"
AND THREE TIMES HE COMMISSIONED PETER, "FEED MY SHEEP."
THE SAME DISCIPLE WHO FAILED PUBLICLY BECAME THE PREACHER OF PENTECOST BECAUSE JESUS' LOVE RESTORED HIM.
THAT'S TRANSFORMATIONAL LOVE.
THE CHURCH SHOULD NEVER LOWER GOD'S STANDARD, BUT NEITHER SHOULD IT ABANDON PEOPLE WHO STUMBLE.
WE SPEAK TRUTH.
WE OFFER GRACE.
WE CALL PEOPLE TO REPENTANCE.
THEN WE WALK BESIDE THEM AS THEY GROW.
THAT'S WHAT DISCIPLESHIP LOOKS LIKE.
AND IF I CAN KEEP IT REAL WITH YOU THIS MORNING…..
SOME OF US ARE SITTING HERE TODAY BECAUSE SOMEONE REFUSED TO GIVE UP ON US.
SOME SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER.
SOME GRANDMOTHER.
SOME PASTOR.
SOME FRIEND.
THEY KEPT PRAYING WHEN WE WERE RUNNING.
THEY KEPT BELIEVING WHEN WE WERE DOUBTING.
THEY KEPT LOVING WHEN WE WERE DIFFICULT.
BECAUSE SOMEONE LOVED US LIKE JESUS, WE'RE HERE TODAY.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH SHOULD BE THE KIND OF CHURCH WHERE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO PRETEND THEY'VE GOT IT ALL TOGETHER.
THEY SHOULD FIND TRUTH.
THEY SHOULD FIND ACCOUNTABILITY.
BUT THEY SHOULD ALSO FIND GRACE.
BECAUSE GRACE DOESN'T IGNORE SIN.
GRACE GIVES SINNERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME SAINTS THROUGH THE POWER OF JESUS CHRIST.
TRANSITION: POINT II TO POINT III
CHURCH, AREN'T YOU GLAD...
JESUS DIDN'T LEAVE YOU WHERE HE FOUND YOU?
SOMEBODY OUGHT TO THANK GOD...
THAT HE LOVED YOU TOO MUCH...
TO LEAVE YOU IN YOUR SIN.
TOO MUCH...
TO LEAVE YOU IN YOUR ADDICTION.
TOO MUCH...
TO LEAVE YOU IN YOUR BITTERNESS.
TOO MUCH...
TO LEAVE YOU IN YOUR BROKENNESS.
HIS LOVE TRANSFORMED US.
BUT HERE'S THE QUESTION...
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER HIS LOVE TRANSFORMS US?
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE'VE BEEN FORGIVEN?
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE'VE BEEN RESTORED?
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE'VE BEEN CHANGED?
WE BECOME LIVING EVIDENCE...
THAT JESUS IS STILL CHANGING LIVES.
OUR LIVES BECOME OUR TESTIMONY.
OUR RELATIONSHIPS BECOME OUR TESTIMONY.
OUR CHURCH BECOMES OUR TESTIMONY.
JESUS SAYS THE WORLD DOESN'T JUST NEED TO HEAR ABOUT HIS LOVE.
THE WORLD NEEDS TO SEE HIS LOVE.
JESUS' LOVE SACRIFICES.
JESUS' LOVE TRANSFORMS.
BUT THERE IS ONE FINAL TRUTH.
HIS LOVE ALSO TELLS THE WORLD WHO HE IS.
THAT LEADS US TO OUR FINAL LESSON.
LOVE LIKE JESUS IS OUR GREATEST WITNESS
III. LOVE LIKE JESUS IS OUR GREATEST WITNESS
By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
JESUS SAYS,
"BY THIS ALL WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES."
NOTICE HE DIDN'T SAY PEOPLE WOULD RECOGNIZE CHRISTIANS BY THE SIZE OF THE SANCTUARY.
HE DIDN'T MENTION WORSHIP STYLE.
HE DIDN'T MENTION CHOIR ROBES.
HE DIDN'T MENTION SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS.
HE SIMPLY SAID, "LOVE."
THE EARLY CHURCH GREW BECAUSE PEOPLE SAW SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
THEY SAW JEWS AND GENTILES WORSHIPPING TOGETHER.
RICH AND POOR EATING TOGETHER.
FORMER ENEMIES CALLING ONE ANOTHER BROTHER AND SISTER.
IN A DIVIDED WORLD, LOVE BECAME THEIR TESTIMONY.
THE SAME IS TRUE TODAY.
PEOPLE ARE WATCHING HOW WE RESPOND WHEN WE'RE CRITICIZED.
THEY'RE WATCHING HOW WE HANDLE CONFLICT.
THEY'RE WATCHING HOW WE TALK ABOUT ONE ANOTHER.
THEY'RE WATCHING HOW WE TREAT VISITORS.
THEY'RE WATCHING HOW WE CARE FOR THOSE WHO ARE HURTING.
SOMETIMES THE LOUDEST SERMON WE'LL EVER PREACH WON'T COME FROM THIS PULPIT.
IT WILL COME FROM HOW WE TREAT PEOPLE IN THE PARKING LOT.
HOW WE ANSWER THE PHONE.
HOW WE RESPOND ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
HOW WE WELCOME SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T LOOK LIKE US.
OUR ACTIONS EITHER STRENGTHEN OR WEAKEN OUR WITNESS.
JESUS SAYS LOVE IS THE EVIDENCE THAT WE BELONG TO HIM.
IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF EVERY MEMBER OF FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH MADE THIS COMMITMENT:
"I MAY NOT KNOW EVERYONE'S NAME, BUT EVERYONE WHO WALKS THROUGH THESE DOORS WILL EXPERIENCE THE LOVE OF JESUS."
IMAGINE IF EVERY MINISTRY ADOPTED THAT MINDSET.
IMAGINE IF EVERY CONVERSATION REFLECTED KINDNESS.
IMAGINE IF EVERY DISAGREEMENT REFLECTED HUMILITY.
PEOPLE WOULD NOT SIMPLY SAY, "THAT'S A FRIENDLY CHURCH."
THEY WOULD SAY, "JESUS MUST BE THERE."
THAT'S THE KIND OF WITNESS CHRIST CALLS US TO HAVE.
LOVE BECOMES THE VISIBLE EVIDENCE OF AN INVISIBLE SAVIOR.
TRANSITION TO THE CONCLUSION
CHURCH, JESUS NEVER COMMANDS US TO DO SOMETHING HE HASN'T ALREADY DEMONSTRATED.
BEFORE HE EVER TOLD US TO LOVE, HE LOVED US FIRST.
THAT IS WHY WE CAN FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE.
CELEBRATION
CHURCH, WHEN JESUS SAID,
"LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU,"
HE WASN'T ASKING US TO DO SOMETHING HE HAD NEVER DONE HIMSELF.
HE SHOWED US WHAT LOVE LOOKS LIKE.
LOVE IS PATIENT.
LOVE IS FORGIVING.
LOVE IS SACRIFICIAL.
LOVE IS RESTORING.
AND I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU FRIENDSHIP…BUT
I'M SO GLAD THAT JESUS DIDN'T STOP LOVING ME WHEN I STOPPED ACTING LIKE HIM.
I'M SO GLAD HE DIDN'T GIVE UP ON ME AFTER MY FIRST MISTAKE...
OR MY SECOND MISTAKE...
OR MY HUNDREDTH MISTAKE.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT'S THANKFUL THAT JESUS KEPT ON LOVING YOU?
IF THAT'S YOUR TESTIMONY, STAND TO YOUR FEET ALL OVER THIS SANCTUARY!
BECAUSE IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD, EVERY PERSON STANDING HAS THIS TESTIMONY:
"I'VE FAILED HIM...BUT HE NEVER FAILED ME!"
LOOK AT SOMEBODY AND TELL THEM,
"HE LOVED ME ANYWAY!"
NOW FIND SOMEBODY ELSE AND TELL THEM,
"I'M LEARNING TO LOVE LIKE JESUS!"
CHURCH, IF WE'RE GOING TO LOVE LIKE JESUS...
WE'VE GOT TO REMEMBER WHAT HIS LOVE LOOKED LIKE.
HIS LOVE LEFT HEAVEN...
HIS LOVE PUT ON FLESH...
HIS LOVE WALKED THE DUSTY ROADS OF GALILEE...
HIS LOVE HEALED THE SICK...
OPENED BLINDED EYES...
TOUCHED THE UNTOUCHABLE...
FORGAVE THE GUILTY...
WELCOMED THE REJECTED...
AND WHEN HIS LOVE HAD DONE ALL IT COULD DO...
IT WALKED UP A HILL CALLED CALVARY.
THERE ON THAT OLD RUGGED CROSS...
THEY STRETCHED HIM WIDE...
THEY NAILED HIS HANDS...
THEY NAILED HIS FEET...
THEY HUNG HIM HIGH...
THEY DROPPED HIM LOW...
FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD.
BUT THEY DIDN'T TAKE HIS LIFE...
HE LAID IT DOWN.
BECAUSE GREATER LOVE HAS NO ONE THAN THIS, THAN TO LAY DOWN ONE'S LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
THEY PLACED HIM IN A BORROWED TOMB.
HE STAYED THERE ALL NIGHT FRIDAY.
HE STAYED THERE ALL DAY SATURDAY.
BUT EARLY...
I SAID EARLY...
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...
JESUS GOT UP...
WITH ALL POWER
IN HIS HANDS!
POWER OVER DEATH!
POWER OVER HELL!
POWER OVER THE GRAVE!
POWER TO SAVE!
POWER TO FORGIVE!
POWER TO RESTORE!
POWER TO TEACH US...
HOW TO LOVE LIKE JESUS!
IF YOU'RE GRATEFUL HE LOVED YOU ENOUGH TO DIE FOR YOU...
IF YOU'RE GRATEFUL HE LOVED YOU ENOUGH TO GET UP FOR YOU...
OPEN YOUR MOUTH...
CLAP YOUR HANDS...
LIFT YOUR VOICE...
AND GIVE OUR RISEN SAVIOR THE GREATEST PRAISE YOU'VE GOT!
BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN...
BUILT...TO FOLLOW JESUS!
AND IF WE'RE BUILT TO FOLLOW JESUS...
WE'RE BUILT...
TO LOVE LIKE JESUS!
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INVITATION
PERHAPS YOU'RE HERE TODAY CARRYING RESENTMENT, HURT, OR DISAPPOINTMENT. MAYBE YOU'VE FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO FORGIVE BECAUSE OF WHAT SOMEONE HAS DONE TO YOU. JESUS UNDERSTANDS YOUR PAIN, BUT HE ALSO OFFERS YOU HIS LOVE AND HIS HEALING.
OR PERHAPS YOU'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED THE LOVE OF CHRIST PERSONALLY. THE GREATEST EXPRESSION OF HIS LOVE WAS DISPLAYED ON THE CROSS, WHERE HE DIED FOR YOUR SINS AND ROSE AGAIN SO YOU COULD HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
TODAY, JESUS IS INVITING YOU TO RECEIVE HIS LOVE AND BECOME HIS DISCIPLE.
IF YOU'RE READY TO GIVE YOUR LIFE TO CHRIST, RECOMMIT YOUR LIFE, OR UNITE WITH THIS CHURCH FAMILY, WE INVITE YOU TO COME.
THE DOORS OF THE CHURCH ARE OPEN.
COME WHILE THERE IS STILL ROOM AT THE CROSS.
PASTORAL PRAYER
FATHER, THANK YOU FOR LOVING US WHEN WE WERE UNLOVABLE. THANK YOU FOR SENDING JESUS CHRIST TO DEMONSTRATE PERFECT LOVE THROUGH HIS LIFE, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION.
FORGIVE US FOR THE TIMES WE HAVE ALLOWED PRIDE, ANGER, BITTERNESS, OR SELFISHNESS TO OVERSHADOW YOUR LOVE IN OUR LIVES.
TEACH US TO LOVE AS JESUS LOVED. GIVE US COMPASSIONATE HEARTS, FORGIVING SPIRITS, AND SERVANT ATTITUDES. LET OUR HOMES, OUR RELATIONSHIPS, AND OUR CHURCH BECOME LIVING TESTIMONIES OF YOUR LOVE.
MAY FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH BE KNOWN NOT ONLY FOR BIBLICAL PREACHING AND FAITHFUL WORSHIP BUT FOR THE UNMISTAKABLE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST.
DRAW THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW YOU INTO SAVING FAITH TODAY. RESTORE THOSE WHO HAVE WANDERED AWAY. HEAL BROKEN HEARTS, MEND BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS, AND UNITE US AS ONE BODY IN CHRIST.
WE ASK IT ALL IN THE POWERFUL, SAVING, AND LOVING NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
AMEN.
