Sermon Notes

LIVE LOVE GROW

I. Jesus appeared to the Disciples after the Resurrection

When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” John 20:19–23

II. Resurrection Life

Live

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. (John 1:1–5)

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. (John 3:16)

I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

(John 10:10)

Love

I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love?one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:34–35)

Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. (1 John 4:7–21)

Grow

They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth. (John 17:16–19)

...whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection. By this we may be sure that we are in him: whoever says, “I abide in him,” ought to walk just as he walked. (1 John 2:5–6)

III. Hillspring Values

LIVE

As followers of Jesus, we pursue life as God intends. Therefore we are on an ongoing mission to discover our part in God’s story and join in God’s work in the world.

LOVE

We celebrate the joy that can be found only through nurturing authentic relationships.

GROW

We are committed to growing in our relationship with God and becoming more like Jesus.