Experiencing Live with Jesus: Pure Love
· We exist to help people experience life with Jesus.
John 10:10 “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (NIV)
· What does it actually look like to experience life with Jesus?
1 Peter 1:22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. (NIV)
Luke 10:25-37 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” 27 He answered: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” 28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.” 29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’ 36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” 37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” (NIV)
THREE PERSPECTIVES:
1. THE LAWYER
THE LESSON: Love is something you do.
John 13:35 “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (NIV)
· Are you experiencing the love of Jesus without allowing that love to change the way you live?
2. THE GOOD SAMARITAN
THE LESSON: Jesus changes who we see as our neighbor.
Luke 6:31 “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” (NIV)
· What is getting in the way of loving the people Jesus has put around you?
3. THE VICTIM
THE LESSON: Jesus is the Samaritan we all need.
Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (NIV)
· What does the love I've received from Jesus look like when it moves through my life?