“For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes
in Him will not perish but have eternal life. God did not send His Son into the world to
condemn it, but to save it.”
John 3:16-17
“This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as
a sacrifice to take away our sins.”
1 John 4:10
Pastor Terry Friesen
Series:
ABIDE
Title:
Abide In His Love
Text:
John 15:7-8,11,18-19; Selected
Date:
February 05, 2017
“But God is so rich in mercy, and He loved us so very much, that even while we were
dead because of our sins, He gave us life when He raised Christ from the dead. (It is
only by God's special favor that you have been saved!) For He raised us from the dead
along with Christ, and we are seated with Him in the heavenly realms--all because we
are one with Christ Jesus. And so God can always point to us as examples of the
incredible wealth of His favor and kindness toward us, as shown in all He has done for
us through Christ Jesus.”
Ephesians 2:4-7
INTRODUCTION:
By ________________ His commands:
“I have loved you even as the Father has loved Me. Remain in My love. When you
obey Me, you remain in My love, just as I obey My Father and remain in His love.”
John 15:9-10
“When you obey Me, you remain in My love, just as I obey My Father and remain in
His love. I have told you this so that you will be filled with My joy. Yes, your joy will
overflow!”
John 15:10-11
Letting His Love ABIDE in me…
“Loving God means keeping His commandments, and really, that isn't difficult. For
every child of God defeats this evil world by trusting Christ to give the victory.”
1 John 5:3-4
Understanding God’s LOVE for His Son:
“And a voice from heaven said, ‘You are My dearly loved Son, and You bring Me great
joy.’”
Mark 1:11
- Beloved…
- Son…
“Now listen! Today I am giving you a choice between prosperity and disaster, between
life and death. I have commanded you today to love the Lord your God and to keep
His commands, laws, and regulations by walking in His ways. If you do this, you will
live and become a great nation, and the Lord your God will bless you and the land you
are about to enter and occupy. But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen,
and if you are drawn away to serve and worship other gods, then I warn you now that
you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live a long, good life in the land you are
crossing the Jordan to occupy.”
Deuteronomy 30:15-18
- Bring great joy…
My Next Step Today Is To:
Knowing & __________________ the LOVE God has for me:
“When I think of the wisdom and scope of God's plan, I fall to my knees and pray to the
Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from His glorious,
unlimited resources He will give you mighty inner strength through His Holy Spirit. And I
pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in Him.
May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love. And may you
have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how
high, and how deep His love really is. May you experience the love of Christ,
though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the
fullness of life and power that comes from God.”
Ephesians 3:14-19
□ ABIDE in Jesus
□ ABIDE in God’s Love
□ Obey the commands of God
□ Memorize John 15:9-10
□ Join a Growth Group!
□ Invite a friend to join me next week as Pastor Terry continues
the teaching series ABIDE as he speaks on the theme: Abide
Together.