LIFE TOGETHER in the FOREVER FAMILY - 1 John 4:7-8 – Pastor Alan Crandall
OUTLINE
1. We are saved in and through a spiritual family in which God is our father and Jesus is our older brother.
- Being “adopted” into God’s family underlines the unexpected, undeserved freeness of salvation.
- New birth is divine election, or being chosen by God.
- The Father’s love for us enables us to share that amazon glove with one another.
2. All families experience hurt, squabbles and misunderstandings.
- Jesus prepares his disciples for this. Matthew 5:22-24; Matthew 7:1-5; 18:10-22
- Gifts of Gospel community are blocked whenever hurtful words and actions get wedged between us.
- What seems impossible to us is possible with God.
3. A Community that embodies love.
- Not a gift just for us, but to share with the rest of God’s beloved creation. (Eph. 1:3-11)
- Abraham chosen to father a holy nation that would in turn bless all nations. (Gen. 12:1-3)
- Ephesians 2:12-19
4. Gospel community flows directly from what God has done and is doing for us.
- John 13:34
- Colossians 3:13
- Ephesians 4:32-5:2
- 1 John 4:7-11
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