Living Out Christ's Command: Love as He Loved
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1. "If Jesus is given all authority in heaven and on earth, then we need to keep his commands. And so as we open to one of, I think, the more powerful of Jesus' commands in John chapter 13, I want to just implore you as a follower of Jesus, to follow him means to submit to him, to submit to his will, to submit to his leadership, to be obedient to his commands, trusting that our full, wholehearted obedience is what will lead to the greatest satisfaction and blessing that we can experience in life." [48:04] (37 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "Worldly glory, it's primarily focused on personal success and recognition. And I think that makes it hard for us to understand the word glory when we read it in the Bible. Because so often, we're reading the word glory in the Bible, but we default to an interpretation of that word that's primarily informed by our culture, right? That's primarily informed by the world that we live in today. And so, in Scripture, what I want to help you understand here is that glory has a much deeper and a much more nuanced, but significant, and more profound, and more profound, and more profound, and more significant meaning than just personal honor or personal success or recognition." [53:48] (41 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "Glory is given to those who reflect God's self-giving love for the sake of other people. The problem is that I think we all tend to go about kind of chasing glory, right? And we do that more often in a worldly way rather than in the words way. Our default posture is to be seeking after glory and recognition for ourselves, even at the expense of others. It's really the opposite of what the Bible calls glory, and yet that's what so many of us kind of default to." [01:02:17] (29 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "Jesus' path to glory, it comes through his self-sacrifice. You see that? That he was obedient to the point of death, death on the cross, and therefore, God highly exalted him. His glorification doesn't come through earthly success. It doesn't come through personal recognition. It doesn't come through personal recognition. It doesn't come through from God who gives it to him when he gives up his life for our sake. And that's the context for Jesus' command in John 13, 34." [01:06:13] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "What's new in this passage is the standard by which our love will be measured. It's the standard by which our love is measured. Before, the command to love our neighbor, was as we love ourselves. And that's a really high standard, right? Most of us, we're pretty consumed with self-love. And even if we don't feel that way, we tend to default towards a very selfish posture, right? A self-love, given our natural self-centeredness, this is a very high standard for us. But now what Jesus does is he raises the bar and he says, don't just love others as you love yourself. You need to love others as I have loved you." [01:09:18] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "As believers, I don't think that we really struggle that much with loving others, just generally having love for people. Most of us, we experience compassion for other people, right? We're moved to act on other people's behalf. It's born out of Jesus' compassion for us. I think we struggle primarily with loving others in this specific way, with loving others in a way that models what Jesus has done, to display his love to us. It's incredibly hard for us to forgive people, especially deep hurts. And here's why. Because genuine forgiveness goes beyond forgetting somebody's wrongdoing. Genuine forgiveness means restoring relationships." [01:10:56] (53 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "The default posture for humanity is to chase after our own glory rather than to pursue glory by glorifying God. We all are guilty of it. We struggle with this. But remember, glory is given to those who reflect God's self-giving love for the sake of other people. It's very outward focused. And that's why Jesus, as he talks about his own glorification. What he's doing is he's redefining glory for us." [01:04:55] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "Your expression of love for other people, it's going to be proportionate to your experience of Christ's love for you. Your expression of love for other people is going to be proportionate to your experience of Christ's love for you. And so, you know, many of you would recall the story of a sinful woman who's washing Jesus' feet with expensive perfume. And it's this very, very costly expression of love. And all the disciples and all the people around her, they're like, this is crazy. Why would she do this? This doesn't make any sense. And Jesus says, well, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. He who's forgiven little loves little." [01:15:39] (45 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "When we love others the way that Christ loved us, it's a testimony to the world showing them that the type of forgiveness and restoration that he promises is actually possible because they see it happening with you. When relationships are restored through the forgiveness of sin, it demonstrates the truth of Christ's transforming power. On the other hand, when the church fails to love one another, it damages our witness. I mean, if we can't even love each other, then how can we preach about a loving God? If we can't even forgive each other, then how can we talk about a forgiving God?" [01:21:15] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
10. "When the church loves in this way, we reflect the character of God to the world and become a visible demonstration of the gospel's power to transform lives and transform relationships. 1 John 4 12 says this, no one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. No one has seen God, but when we love one another, we become a visible representation of God to the world. Jesus, he perfectly displays God's character through and his reputation through self-giving love that brings the forgiveness of sin and that brings restoration of relationships." [01:22:46] (40 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "Worldly glory, it's primarily focused on personal success and recognition. And I think that makes it hard for us to understand the word glory when we read it in the Bible. Because so often, we're reading the word glory in the Bible, but we default to an interpretation of that word that's primarily informed by our culture, right? That's primarily informed by the world that we live in today. And so, in Scripture, what I want to help you understand here is that glory has a much deeper and a much more nuanced, but significant, and more profound, and more profound, and more profound, and more significant meaning than just personal honor or personal success or recognition." [53:48] (41 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "Glory is given to those who reflect God's self-giving love for the sake of other people. The problem is that I think we all tend to go about kind of chasing glory, right? And we do that more often in a worldly way rather than in the words way. Our default posture is to be seeking after glory and recognition for ourselves, even at the expense of others. It's really the opposite of what the Bible calls glory, and yet that's what so many of us kind of default to." [01:02:17] (29 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "Jesus' path to glory, it comes through his self-sacrifice. You see that? That he was obedient to the point of death, death on the cross, and therefore, God highly exalted him. His glorification doesn't come through earthly success. It doesn't come through personal recognition. It doesn't come through personal recognition. It doesn't come through from God who gives it to him when he gives up his life for our sake. And that's the context for Jesus' command in John 13, 34." [01:06:13] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "What's new in this passage is the standard by which our love will be measured. It's the standard by which our love is measured. Before, the command to love our neighbor, was as we love ourselves. And that's a really high standard, right? Most of us, we're pretty consumed with self-love. And even if we don't feel that way, we tend to default towards a very selfish posture, right? A self-love, given our natural self-centeredness, this is a very high standard for us. But now what Jesus does is he raises the bar and he says, don't just love others as you love yourself. You need to love others as I have loved you." [01:09:18] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "As believers, I don't think that we really struggle that much with loving others, just generally having love for people. Most of us, we experience compassion for other people, right? We're moved to act on other people's behalf. It's born out of Jesus' compassion for us. I think we struggle primarily with loving others in this specific way, with loving others in a way that models what Jesus has done, to display his love to us. It's incredibly hard for us to forgive people, especially deep hurts. And here's why. Because genuine forgiveness goes beyond forgetting somebody's wrongdoing. Genuine forgiveness means restoring relationships." [01:10:56] (53 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "The default posture for humanity is to chase after our own glory rather than to pursue glory by glorifying God. We all are guilty of it. We struggle with this. But remember, glory is given to those who reflect God's self-giving love for the sake of other people. It's very outward focused. And that's why Jesus, as he talks about his own glorification. What he's doing is he's redefining glory for us." [01:04:55] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "Your expression of love for other people, it's going to be proportionate to your experience of Christ's love for you. Your expression of love for other people is going to be proportionate to your experience of Christ's love for you. And so, you know, many of you would recall the story of a sinful woman who's washing Jesus' feet with expensive perfume. And it's this very, very costly expression of love. And all the disciples and all the people around her, they're like, this is crazy. Why would she do this? This doesn't make any sense. And Jesus says, well, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. He who's forgiven little loves little." [01:15:39] (45 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "When we love others the way that Christ loved us, it's a testimony to the world showing them that the type of forgiveness and restoration that he promises is actually possible because they see it happening with you. When relationships are restored through the forgiveness of sin, it demonstrates the truth of Christ's transforming power. On the other hand, when the church fails to love one another, it damages our witness. I mean, if we can't even love each other, then how can we preach about a loving God? If we can't even forgive each other, then how can we talk about a forgiving God?" [01:21:15] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
10. "When the church loves in this way, we reflect the character of God to the world and become a visible demonstration of the gospel's power to transform lives and transform relationships. 1 John 4 12 says this, no one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. No one has seen God, but when we love one another, we become a visible representation of God to the world. Jesus, he perfectly displays God's character through and his reputation through self-giving love that brings the forgiveness of sin and that brings restoration of relationships." [01:22:46] (40 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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