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So this past Monday evening, we met in our groups (in-reach / outreach), and we had some good planning time…
I was in the outreach meeting, and so one of the events that we discussed was a - Community Date Night
The gist of this night is that we would allow parents to drop off their kids……for say - 3 hours or so…
And it would allow the parents to go out and do whatever they’d want…
We want to provide an opportunity for parents to cultivate their relationships…To cultivate that LOVE that they share…
We know it can be hard to FIND TIME these days...
And so I think this could be a really HELPFUL event for our community...
See - in case you didn’t know - LOVE - can make us do crazy things
If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by?
'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you tonight
Anyone ever feel that way?
Anyone ever DO THAT?
Some of the best movies ever made are - LOVE stories
they draw us in..
we long to be the ONE PURSUED
we long to be the ONE PURSUING
LOVE seems to BRING out the ‘SACRIFICE’ in all of us? no?
Today - we’re going to get a glimpse at what TRUE LOVE looks like…Do you want to know what TRUE love is - pay attention today
And if there is any sermon that should IMPACT us as CHRISTIANS as we walk out this door today…my hope is that it would be this one…
Today we’ll be in John chapter 11…
And we’re going to walk thru the story of Lazarus
We’ll pull out points along the way…
In these first 4 verses, the stage is set…And Christ gives us the purpose of all of it
Remember - we’ve all experienced that - LOVE makes us do crazy things…
We’re told here in v3
Jesus loves this man Lazarus…!
He’s sick
And Jesus here tells us why this sickness has fallen upon Lazarus
Jesus says - “this illness does not lead to death.
It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
And so for NOW - we need to file this away….REMEMBER it…we’ll come back to it…
But file it away for now
Again - God wants us to KNOW - without a shadow of a doubt…that Jesus LOVED - LAZARUS!
We see this here AGAIN -
Jesus loved Lazarus
Jesus LOVED Lazarus
SO - remember the song?
If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by?
'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you tonight
LOVED birthed this song…
Love causes us to SACRIFICE and WALK a THOUSAND miles just to - see someone
Jesus LOVED Lazarus!
Will He WALK 10,000 miles to HELP his friend?
Will He make Him some of His universally famous - chicken noodle soup?
IMAGINE what Jesus - GOD HIMSELF would do - if He LOVED someone????
We’d walk a THOUSAND miles…
We’d survive 3 months out at sea…
IMAGINE what Jesus would do!!!
HUH?
THIS is the EPIC - ONE-OF-A-KIND act of love by Jesus?? toward His friend???
He STAYED where He was - and LET Lazarus DIE???
THIS is what LOVE did?
THIS is what LOVE does???
THIS was LOVING????
Jesus JUST REWROTE the song!
If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by?
'Cause you know I'd STAY WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW
AND I WOULD LET YOU DIE - tonight
Doesn’t seem to have the same appeal does it?
Doesn’t seem to be the same jam?
What is going on here?
Remember - we’re going to see that THIS - is TRUE love!
And it’s the KIND of LOVE that we need to start DISPERSING in our lives…
It says - BECAUSE Jesus LOVED Lazarus…He stayed where He was - and DID NOT go to him.
And so we HAVE to ask - HOW is this love??
We’re going to see as we walk through this…And we’re going to pull some KEY characteristics of TRUE LOVE
let’s continue...
SLIDE: True Love: Works in The Light
True Love
Jesus here tells the disciples - We’re going back to Judea…
And they respond with their “WELL BEING” on their mind…
The Jews were JUST trying to kill You…and You wanna go back there?
WHAT’S THE RESPONSE?
YES…And then Christ explains His answer…
TRUE Love - operates within the Light of Christ
**Solar Panels - Only work when light hits it…They’re POWERED by - light
True Love - works in the light…the LIGHT of Christ!
To walk in the light of Christ is to walk according to the Spirit…to live according to the Spirit
to OPERATE - in life - in step with the Spirit of God
And as we can see - sometimes WALKING in the Spirit will cause us to RISK our lives…literally.
Think about JIM ELLIOT…Missionary to the Auca Indians of Ecuador
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”
His mission: to take the name of Christ to the Auca Indians…
And as they attacked Jim’s crew…they didn’t fight back…
to them - it was worth losing their lives if it meant the Indians would have more time to turn to Christ
And so EVEN as Jim Elliot was being attacked…he was walking in the Light of Christ…
YES - Jim Elliot died that day…but he did NOT STUMBLE…!
WHY - for those who walk in the LIGHT….do
NOT stumble…!
TRUE LOVE - does its WORK - In the light of Christ!
TRUE LOVE - is POWERED ONLY by the Light of Christ
But that’s not all…
Jesus says - He whom I LOVED - DIED!
And for YOUR SAKE…I’m glad he did (glad I wasn’t there!)
Is this KIND of LOVE hitting you yet?!!!!
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