The Speed Of God
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Teaching Notes
What if speed is the very thing sucking your soul dry?
In a world of bigger, faster, better, how do we become a church known for love?
THE SPEED OF GOD
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.
John 13:34-35
The Discipleship Pathway:
- Come to KNOW Jesus.
“As I have loved you…” “Follow me.”
- Jesus of Nazareth
- Grow as a DISCIPLE of Jesus.
“A new command I give you: Love one another.”
The Christian life isn’t DIFFICULT on your own; it’s IMPOSSIBLE.
Discipleship happens in COMMUNITY, not ISOLATION.
Who in your life really knows you right now?
- Serve in the NAME of Jesus.
As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”
“Love is giving another person what they need the most, when they deserve it the least, at great personal cost.”
- Chip Ingram
Take up the TOWEL of SERVICE.
- Share the LOVE of Jesus.
“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
What if the greatest apologetic for Jesus today is how we love one another?
“Jesus Christ came. He walked towards the ‘full stop.’ He lost his mobility. He was nailed down! He is not even at three miles an hour as we walk. He is not moving, ‘Full stop!’ What can be slower than ‘full stop’— ‘nailed down?’ At this point of ‘full stop,’ the apostolic church proclaims that the love of God to man is ultimately and fully revealed. God walks ‘slowly’ because he is love. If he is not love he would have gone much faster. Love has its speed. It is an inner speed. It is the speed of love. It goes in the depth of our life, whether we notice or not, whether we are currently hit by storm or not, at three miles an hour. It is the speed we walk and therefore it is the speed the love of God walks.”
- Theologian, Kosuke Koyama
The speed of God is the speed of LOVE.
You can only love one another if you slow down enough to be with one another.