The Love Commandment

Jesus didn’t give us 10 commandments. The great commandment, summed up, is “Love God and love people” (Luke 10:27). He elaborates on this second part in John 15:
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John 15:9-14 (NIV) “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.
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- Jesus loves us as much as the Father loves Him.
- Jesus commanded us to love each other the way He loves us.
- Jesus said we’re His friends if we do his command.
- Jesus said this so that we’d be full of joy.

That was the core of my sermon from 5/2. The audio is available on the Recent Audio Sermons page.

Doug