Embracing the Eternal Power of Godly Love
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1. "If your love for your spouse is simply for what you can get out of them, let's just be clear, that's not love. The love that Paul talks about here in 1 Corinthians chapter number 13, I would argue that every time we read the word love in the New Testament, the argument for believers to love in the New Testament, that the definition that is intended by every author inspired by the Holy Spirit, is the definition. The word love that's used here is, it means to prefer what God prefers." [41:09] (37 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "If we find completion in ourselves, if we find completion in our giftings, if we find completion in our talents, we have missed it. If we find completion in our gifts, if we find completion in our gifts, if we find completion in our gifts, we have missed the point of their existence. We've missed why they were given. They were not given for me to be complete in myself. They were given to be used for the benefit of the body, for the care of others, for the ministry of other people." [54:04] (21 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "When we realize what is most important, we will stop fighting about the silly things. Paul is emphasizing to the church in Corinth that love is the defining marker of who they are as followers of Jesus. It's a funny thing that's happened in our culture. It's a funny thing that's happened in our culture. It's a funny thing that's happened in our culture. I've heard this. I've heard this for decades. And to say I've heard this for decades is not an exaggeration. Some of you in this room have probably heard this for a lot longer than I have." [01:02:01] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "When we emphasize love, as opposed to other things of who God is or what we're supposed to do as followers of Jesus, you're just, you're going liberal. You're abandoning the Bible. You're abandoning Christianity. I would argue the opposite. If we say that anything in the life of a follower of Jesus is more significant than the way we live out love to one another and to the people around us, anyone who argues that is the one who has gone progressive, is the one who's gone liberal, is the one who has abandoned the word of God." [01:02:01] (36 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "The mark of a follower of Jesus, all through scripture, we find is love. Over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. The defining mark we find is love. Now, it's not to say that any of those other things are unimportant. They're important. But the defining mark is love. As followers of Jesus, do we live love?" [01:19:39] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "Love addresses what's wrong. Love addresses sin. Love holds one another to who Jesus is. This letter was written in love to the church in Corinth to address problems. Love confronts sin, but it confronts it in the right way. I think far too often, the church does not address sin in a loving way. Paul calls the church to deal with sin within the church. And he says, God will deal with what's outside the church." [01:21:28] (35 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "Loving like this, loving like Jesus, is not something we do by accident. It's something we work on. It's something we learn. It's something we get better at. And that's why sometimes chapters and verses in the Bible mess us up. Because look at chapter 14, verse 1. Pursue love. The greatest is love. Pursue love. Earnestly desire the spiritual gifts. Desire them. But what do I pursue? Love. That's what we're encouraged to do. That's what we're called to do as followers of Jesus." [01:23:36] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "I hope we've been encouraged. Man, we can live what Christ has demonstrated to us. We can show people who Jesus is by the way we love each other, other believers, and by the way we love our neighbor and love other people. That's my desire, is that as a church, we've been both challenged and encouraged to pursue what we need to pursue, to get better in the areas we need to get better, but to be encouraged that he's given us the ability to do this, and that that loving well, loving like Jesus loved, living his love is what tells the world that we know and follow Jesus." [01:23:36] (49 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "That's what changes Carson City. That's what changes the world. Man, I want people to know Jesus. I want people to see Jesus in me. I want people to see Jesus in you. That's how they meet him. That's how they believe him. That's how they know him. They're not saved by that. They're not saved by our actions. They're not saved by us demonstrating love. But our actions, he uses to draw people to himself." [01:25:34] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "If we find completion in ourselves, if we find completion in our giftings, if we find completion in our talents, we have missed it. If we find completion in our gifts, if we find completion in our gifts, if we find completion in our gifts, we have missed the point of their existence. We've missed why they were given. They were not given for me to be complete in myself. They were given to be used for the benefit of the body, for the care of others, for the ministry of other people." [54:04] (21 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "When we realize what is most important, we will stop fighting about the silly things. Paul is emphasizing to the church in Corinth that love is the defining marker of who they are as followers of Jesus. It's a funny thing that's happened in our culture. It's a funny thing that's happened in our culture. It's a funny thing that's happened in our culture. I've heard this. I've heard this for decades. And to say I've heard this for decades is not an exaggeration. Some of you in this room have probably heard this for a lot longer than I have." [01:02:01] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "When we emphasize love, as opposed to other things of who God is or what we're supposed to do as followers of Jesus, you're just, you're going liberal. You're abandoning the Bible. You're abandoning Christianity. I would argue the opposite. If we say that anything in the life of a follower of Jesus is more significant than the way we live out love to one another and to the people around us, anyone who argues that is the one who has gone progressive, is the one who's gone liberal, is the one who has abandoned the word of God." [01:02:01] (36 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "The mark of a follower of Jesus, all through scripture, we find is love. Over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. The defining mark we find is love. Now, it's not to say that any of those other things are unimportant. They're important. But the defining mark is love. As followers of Jesus, do we live love?" [01:19:39] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "Love addresses what's wrong. Love addresses sin. Love holds one another to who Jesus is. This letter was written in love to the church in Corinth to address problems. Love confronts sin, but it confronts it in the right way. I think far too often, the church does not address sin in a loving way. Paul calls the church to deal with sin within the church. And he says, God will deal with what's outside the church." [01:21:28] (35 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "Loving like this, loving like Jesus, is not something we do by accident. It's something we work on. It's something we learn. It's something we get better at. And that's why sometimes chapters and verses in the Bible mess us up. Because look at chapter 14, verse 1. Pursue love. The greatest is love. Pursue love. Earnestly desire the spiritual gifts. Desire them. But what do I pursue? Love. That's what we're encouraged to do. That's what we're called to do as followers of Jesus." [01:23:36] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "I hope we've been encouraged. Man, we can live what Christ has demonstrated to us. We can show people who Jesus is by the way we love each other, other believers, and by the way we love our neighbor and love other people. That's my desire, is that as a church, we've been both challenged and encouraged to pursue what we need to pursue, to get better in the areas we need to get better, but to be encouraged that he's given us the ability to do this, and that that loving well, loving like Jesus loved, living his love is what tells the world that we know and follow Jesus." [01:23:36] (49 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "That's what changes Carson City. That's what changes the world. Man, I want people to know Jesus. I want people to see Jesus in me. I want people to see Jesus in you. That's how they meet him. That's how they believe him. That's how they know him. They're not saved by that. They're not saved by our actions. They're not saved by us demonstrating love. But our actions, he uses to draw people to himself." [01:25:34] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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