This is part 9 of a series on Discipleship taught by Teaching and Vision Pastor, Jason English.

Subtitle: Love

 

John 13:34-35  A New Command

 

Genesis 22:2 - First use of the word "Love" in the Bible

"Take your only son, whom you love"

 

aheb/ahav - long for, desire, to breath for and with. Face-to-face with someone, breathing with them, longing for them.

 

aheb/ahav - root goes into the soil, connected with the ground

 

Love is...

-when connectedness bears fruit

-bearing fruit

 

The fruit of love is...fruit.

 

Genesis 1:27-28 - First words God spoke to Mankind

"Be fruitful and multiply."

 

We were made to be connected with one another and to grow.

 

When people love, they are connected, and there is fruit that is produced that is evidence of that connection.

Love. Simple.

 

 

 

 

Romans 14:9 - EDIFY (build up)

"Let us make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification."

 

We need each other.

 

1 Corinthians 12:26-27

"If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it."

 

Ephesians 4:11-16

"Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work."