This Sunday,
August 27, is the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost.
Verse of the
Trinity Season:
The Lord is
my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation,
my stronghold.
This week’s
sermon is: B.C. Heroes: Hannah
This week's
readings are :
Things You Didn’t Learn In
Sunday School About … John
John the Apostle
One of the 12 Disciples
Fisherman with his brother James and father Zebedee.
"Boanerges"
The only disciple to witness the crucifixion.
Blood and Water
One of the first to go to Jesus’ empty tomb Easter
morning.
Wrote – Gospel, 3
Letters/Epistles, and the Revelation.
Later in life.
Tradition
Youngest of the Disciples
Jesus’ Trial
Well-connected family
The only one of the 12 to die a natural death.
Poisoned
Exiled
Lived to be about 100 years old
The last touchstone back to Jesus.
Love
John 13:34 – A new command I give you ….
Jesus loved in a way that met people where
they were and called them to repentance.
Love vs. acceptance
1 John 3:4-6 - Everyone who commits sin
practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. 5 You
know that he was revealed so that he might take away sins, and there is no
sin in him. 6 Everyone who remains in him does
not sin; everyone who sins has not seen him or known him.
Love and Truth
1 John 1:1-3 - What was from the
beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we
have observed and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of
life— 2 that life was revealed, and we have
seen it and we testify and declare to you the eternal life that was with the
Father and was revealed to us— 3 what we have seen
and heard we also declare to you, so that you may also have
fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and
with his Son, Jesus Christ.
Love … the essence of God
1 John 4:8 – God is love
1 John 4:9-11 – God’s love was revealed among
us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so
that we might live through him. 10 Love
consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his
Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear
friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.
The Cross is the event that reveals God’s
love
The mark of the Christian life
1 John 3:18 - Little children, let us not
love in word or speech, but in action and in truth.
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