Phileo: A Love For The Church
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INTRO: Marks of a True Christian
Living Sacrifice
23 Characteristics of a Christian
Agape is genuine
Hate for evil
Desire for what is good
This week - Phileo
Why does the church exist? To glorify God
How does the church glorify God?
The Body of Christ
1 Cor.
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
Need to understand this to understand
Read
Phileo for Each Other
Phileo for Each Other
NIV translation - be devoted to one another
Devoted - To adhere to or be constant with, committed
Acts 2:42
And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
Everything was given for the good of the church
S.W.A.T
The Gospel changes our love for one another
Our love within the church reveals this
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
Give Context to
1 Corinthians 5:5
you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
This removal should be detrimental as a person misses the fellowship that was with the body of Christ
Mark of true Christian - they love God’s people
God’s People Show Love in Their Actions
God’s People Show Love in Their Actions
Actions speak louder than words
- Outdo one another in showing honor
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Philippians 2:
Our competition with each other should be who serves the other better
Why are people drawn to the church?
Because of the love we walk in that was shown to us in Christ
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Sacrificially
As a servant
Devotion
Speaking truth
What Loving like Jesus doesn’t mean:
Everything is acceptable
One of the most loving things that can be done is to tell someone of their sin
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
Proverbs
Jesus called Peter Satan, Jesus continually rebukes those in sin - Woman at the well, Pharisees, Woman caught in Adultery, the disciples
We don’t stand on truth
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
We will come into opposition with people
through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,
2 Timothy 4:
Marks of a True Christian
Love for each other (the church)
Outdo each other in showing honor (Love one another as Christ)
Accomplished through the transformation of the Gospel
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Phileo is a brotherly, deep care for love; Why is it important for followers of Christ to love this way? How is the Gospel revealed in a Phileo love? (Hearts changed by the Gospel to not seek out our own interest. )
Read - How do believers show love to each other? How do we outdo each other in showing honor? Why is this important to the Gospel? ( - we are imitating Christ, Shows a lost and dying world we are changed or holy)
Where do you struggle to show honor to fellow believers? What lie are you believing that hinders you from trusting the Gospel this way?