John 13
LOVE LIKE CHRIST!
April 11, 2010
Simon Goncharenko
21 FELLOWSHIP – SBC
OUTLINE
Loving like Christ will enable me to love others in a self-sacrificial way and will identify me as His follower to the world around.
I. Becoming like Christ will necessitate learning to serve self-sacrificially – vv. 1-17.
A. Love without sacrifice of self is not complete – v. 1.
B. Our responsibility to serve does not depend on external circumstances – v. 2.
C. Our propensity to serve is directly tied to our understanding of who we are in Christ – vv. 3-5.
D. Serving others is an acquired concept that must be learned by the believers – vv. 6-11 (Luke 22:24-27; Matthew 20:26-27; Philippians 2:7; Mark 10:45).
II. Selfish refusal to submit to God results in inability to serve and love (and ends in eternal damnation) – vv. 18-30.
A. Nothing in our lives is outside of God’s control – vv. 18-19.
B. How you treat the preacher is how you treat God – v. 20.
C. When we are dead-set to pursue our own selfish goals over God’s will, it never ends well – vv. 21-30.
III. Love like Christ – vv. 31-38.
A. Our sacrificial love brings God the glory – vv. 31-33.
B. Our sacrificial love is limited to our fellow believers – vv. 34-45.
C. Our sacrificial love cannot be done in our own power – vv. 36-38.
