Community: Love One Another-So That Christ may Be Glorified Through Me, Part 3

Session 3: Love One Another--So That Christ may Be Glorified in Me

What if I told you that you were in debt? What if I told you that you owed every person in here something? And, the fact that you owed something to everyone was a good thing, what would you think? And, what if I told you that there is one debt that a person never ceases paying?

That debt is love. The only thing a saved person should owe anybody is love. 

Romans 13:8, "Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law."

How is Christ's work in me lived out towards one another? What does it look like?

John 17:20-26

Key Text: (v.22-23) "The glory which You have given Me, I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them & You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, & loved them, even as You have loved Me." 

Jesus' concern is for his followers' unity & love...believers' unity result from being united in God. Only when they are unified will they be able to bear witness to the true identity of Jesus as the Sent One of God. 

"Community is the commitment to care for each other & act together--it is not friendship." --John Hosier

"One Another" Building Blocks

• Love One Another: John 13:34; 13:35, Romans 13:8, 1 Peter 1:22, 1 John 3:11; 3:23; 4:7; 4:11; 4:12, 2 John 1:5
• Encourage One Another: Judges 20:22, 1 Thessalonians 5:11, Hebrews 3:13; 10:24; 10:25
• Greet One Another / Be Hospitable: Romans 16:16, 1 Corinthians 16:20, 2 Corinthians 13:12, 1 Peter 4:9; 5:14
• Be Humble / Be of Same Mind: Romans 12:16, 1 Corinthians 1:10, Ephesians 5:21, 1 Peter 3:8; 5:5
• Honor / Serve One Another: John 13:14, Romans 12:10, Galatians 5:13
• Fellowship / Admonish One Another: Esther 9:22, Romans 15:14, Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16, 1 John 1:7
• Bear with / Show Mercy to One Another: Leviticus 19:11, Zechariah 7:9-10, Romans 14:13, Ephesians 4:2-3; 4:32, Colossians 3:12-13, James 4:11

Central Truth: We should relate to one another out of the context that we commit to care for one another regardless of circumstances (good or bad) & bearing in mind that our love for one another testifies of the gospel.