Living Out the Transforming Power of Christ's Love
Dr. George Bannister
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Living Out the Transforming Power of Christ's Love
Philippians 1:9-11
9 I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding.
10 For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return.
11 May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation—the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ—for this will bring much glory and praise to God.
INTRODUCTION:
A- In the first message, we found that we need to develop our love for Jesus in four ways. ()
30 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’
B- Last week we examined how the four-dimensional love of God transforms our heart and soul.
1- Understanding the width, length, depth and height of God’s love helps to bring our love for Him alive and enables us to love him enough to surrender our soul to Him in salvation.
2- Meditating on that love and using that understanding of His love as our filter for viewing life transforms our response to everything.
3- At the heart of developing our love for Jesus is the bedrock truth of His love for us.
a. The apostle wrote:
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9 God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.
10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
C- This morning, we are going to look at the practical extension of understanding and experiencing Christ’s love.
1- This involves reciprocating that love by living out our love for him in everyday life.
9 I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding.
10 For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return.
11 May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation—the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ—for this will bring much glory and praise to God.
Philippians 1:9-11
I- LIVE OUT LOVE FOR CHRIST BY DEVELOPING A GODLY MIND ()
I- LIVE OUT LOVE FOR CHRIST BY DEVELOPING A GODLY MIND ()
9 I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding.
10 For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return.
A- Continually develop in knowledge.
A- Continually develop in knowledge.
“...that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding.”
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18 Rather, you must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. All glory to him, both now and forever! Amen.
ἐπίγνωσις= “a thorough, full knowledge”
1- Knowledge of who he is.
γνῶσις) of who he is.
a. This involves personal involvement and diligence in finding out about him and in getting to know him thoroughly in a personal way.
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ἐπίγνωσις
3 And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.
2- Knowledge of what He has done.
a. In the course of biblical history.
B- Continually develop in understanding.
B- Continually develop in understanding.
“Understanding” = “πα̂ς αἴσθησις” = all understanding (perception, not only by the senses but by the intellect, cognition, discernment.
1- Understand His plan.
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perception, not only by the senses but by the intellect. 2 cognition, discernment. 2a of moral discernment in ethical matters.
πα̂ς αἴσθησις
αἴσθησις
2- Understand Your relationship with Him.
C- Develop in your ability to share about him.
C- Develop in your ability to share about him.
1- Share about the reason for your hope in Christ. ()
15 Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it.
II- LIVE OUT LOVE FOR CHRIST BY DEMONSTRATING GODLY CHARACTER ()
II- LIVE OUT LOVE FOR CHRIST BY DEMONSTRATING GODLY CHARACTER ()
10 For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return.
11 May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation—the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ—for this will bring much glory and praise to God.
A- Demonstrate your love by living a life that honors him. ()
A- Demonstrate your love by living a life that honors him. ()
10 For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return.
1- Demonstrating love for Him begins with a focus on what really matters to Him. (vs. 10a)
2- Demonstrate love for Him by living out a pure love. (vs. 10b)
a. “Pure” = (εἰλικρινής) signifies “unalloyed, pure”; (a) it was used of unmixed substances; (b) in the NT it is used of moral and ethical “purity,” , “sincere”; so the rv in (kjv, “pure”). Some regard the etymological meaning as “tested by the sunlight”
b. “blameless” = (ἀπρόσκοπος) “blameless, without stumbling,”
(εἰλικρινής) signifies “unalloyed, pure”; (a) it was used of unmixed substances; (b) in the NT it is used of moral and ethical “purity,” , “sincere”; so the rv in (kjv, “pure”). Some regard the etymological meaning as “tested by the sunlight”
(ἀπρόσκοπος) “blameless, without stumbling,”
“blameless, without stumbling,”
B- Demonstrate Your love for Him by seeking to be fruitful for Him. ))
B- Demonstrate Your love for Him by seeking to be fruitful for Him. ))
11 May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation—the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ—for this will bring much glory and praise to God.
1- The scriptures speak of two types of fruit-
a- The fruit of a Godly Character produced by letting the Holy Spirit control us. ()
(focus 22-23)
b- The fruit of spiritual reproduction - souls won to Christ.
C- The key to demonstrating our love is full devotion to Him.
C- The key to demonstrating our love is full devotion to Him.
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31 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
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3 Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us.
4 Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function,
5 so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.
6 In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you.
7 If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well.
8 If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.
7 If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well.
8 If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.