GOD’S BIG IDEA
“To Love As Jesus Loved”
John 15:9-17
May 15, 2011
SERMON NOTES
Dr. Bud Reedy
“To follow Jesus is to willingly accept his way of unlimited love (agape). My favorite definition of agape: a radical commitment to the welfare of the other that sees the other with equal regard in spite of the other’s response that risks, cares, gives and shares with us need for reciprocity, no need to be respected, no need to be appreciated, no need to be thanked and no need to enjoy the process.”
- David Augsburger
I. Jesus Demonstrated Respect For the Individual.
1. John 3:16
2. Respect for the free will of every person.
II. Jesus Saw Potential in Every Person.
1. Matthew 9:9-13
2. “To see people from God’s perspective as being made in the image of God . . . to speak and sow into their lives . . . to speak blessings even upon our enemies . . . to love as Jesus loves.” - Queen Philips
Devotional Suggestions For the Week
Monday – I John 4:7-21
Tuesday – I John 3:11-24
Wednesday – Colossians 3:1-17
Thursday – I Corinthians 13: 8-13
Friday – Matthew 9:9-13
Saturday – John 15:9-17
