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Call to Worship
"O Church, Arise"
"Holy, Holy, Holy"
Offering
"His Mercy Is More"
Announcements
Sermon - A Christ-Centered Love (John 13:18-38) - Pastor Kim Kira
Communion
"How Deep the Father's Love"
"How Marvelous"
Benediction

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Sermon notes download - https://www.dropbox.com/s/l81bt37r9guwyya/Sermon%20Notes%202020.07.05.docx?dl=1

A Christ-Centered Love (John 13:18-38)

This call to love is “new,” because it is decidedly Christ-centered.

Key Idea: to love others well, we must first look to Christ.

1. A Christ-Centered standard of love: A love that imitates Christ

A Christ-centered love does not limit WHO we love : from beloved to betrayer
John wants us to know that this was all part of God’s plan.

John wants the betrayal front and center as we consider Jesus’ love.

A Christ-centered love does not limit HOW we love: from the mundane to the monumental)
2. A Christ-Centered source of love: A love that begins with Christ

Jesus deals with the sin that devastates
Repentance brings us to Christ in humble dependence, inviting his grace to transform our hearts.

Jesus draws our gaze upward
By looking at Christ, we make sense of our world by making Jesus our reference point.

By looking at Christ, we fuel our faith and worship.

Think vertically first by having Gospel truth ready to mediate on when you are tempted to think poorly of a particular person rather than love them.

3. A Christ-Centered message from love: A love that preaches Christ

James Boice, “The person who is born of God is a window through which the love of God shines into the world.”

If your life is preaching a sermon about God in your workplace, in your homes, and with your friends… what do you think the message is?