Jesus shows us that real love is costly. We love one another this way because He first loved us this way. The message was given on July 7, 2013 at New City Church in Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info, go to www.NewCityChurch.ca.

1. Today’s Scripture: 1 John 3-4
Pages 1022-1023 in our guest Bibles.

3. “We will
recommend that
our government
NOT intervene as
the risks are too
high and ALL
THAT IS HERE
ARE HUMANS.”

4. Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax
d. April 18th, 2010
Queens, NY

5. APATHY
ap·a·thy
=
a state of indifference
lack of interest or concern
“Meh. I could not care less.”
default mode: ME

6. our default mode
should be...
“we” instead “me”

7. What would
it look like
if we were
DEVOTED
to one another
?

8. “LOVE
ONE
ANOTHER”
1 John 3-4

9. For this is the message that you
1 JOHN 3:11
have heard from the beginning, that
we should LOVE ONE ANOTHER...

10. Beloved, let us LOVE ONE
1 JOHN 4:7-8
ANOTHER, for love is from God,
and whoever loves has been born
who does not love does not know
of God and knows God. Anyone
God, because GOD IS LOVE....

11. In this the LOVE of God was made
1 JOHN 4:9
manifest among us, that God sent
his only Son into the world, so that
we might live through him....

12. For God so LOVED
the world that he
GAVE his only Son,
that whoever
believes in him
might not perish but
have eternal life.
~ Jesus of Nazareth
Gospel of John, 3:16

13. In this is love, not that we loved
1 JOHN 4:10
God but that HE LOVED US and
sent his Son to be the propitiation
for our sins....

14. For one will scarcely
die for a righteous
person--though
perhaps for a good
person one would
dare even to die--but
God shows his LOVE
for us in that while
we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.
~ The Apostle Paul
Romans 5:7-8

15. Beloved, if God so loved us, we
1 JOHN 4:11
also OUGHT to LOVE ONE
ANOTHER....

16. ~ Jesus of Nazareth
Gospel of John 13:34
A NEW command I
give to you, that you
love one another...

17. A NEW command I
give to you, that you
love one another:
JUST AS I loved you,
YOU ALSO are to
love one another.
~ Jesus of Nazareth
Gospel of John 13:34

18. We LOVE one another
this way because
He first LOVED us this way.
[ REAL LOVE is COSTLY ]

19. 1
Stir your
LONGINGS
for things to be
DIFFERENT
Image: Andreas Levers

20. Now concerning brotherly LOVE, you have
no need of anyone to write you for you
yourselves have been taught by God to
LOVE ONE ANOTHER. But we urge you,
brothers, to do this MORE and MORE.
The Apostle Paul
1 Thessalonians 4:9-10

21. 2
Courageously
diagnose
the problem
hint:
it’s you & me( )
image: Jana Blašková

22. “Having purified
your souls by your
obedience to the
truth for a sincere
brotherly love,
love one another
EARNESTLY
from a pure heart.”
The Apostle Peter
1 Peter 1:22

23. “...EARNESTLY...”
image: Jean Pierre Belot

24. 3
Plug in
to the
Power Source
image: Juniperimages

25. God gives you
commands you
cannot keep
SO THAT
you may know
what you ought
to ask of him. Augustine (354-430)

26. 4
Participate
in the Dress
Rehearsal
image:
Tracy Whiteside

27. “…the paradise of
love, where
everything is filled
with love, and
EVERYTHING
CONSPIRES
to promote and
kindle it, and keep up
its flame, and nothing
ever interrupts it….”
Jonathan Edwards
(1703-1758)
“Heaven: A World
of Love”

28. 5
Leave your mark
on the world--
this week!
image: Thomas Guignard

29. By this we know
LOVE, that he laid
down his life for
us, and we
OUGHT to lay
down our lives for
our brothers.
The Apostle John
1 John 3:16

30. By this all people
will know that you
are my disciples,
IF you have love
for one another.
Jesus of Nazareth
The Gospel of John, 13:35

31. Thomas Guignard: http://www.flickr.com/photos/19614198@N00/3159378171/
Andreas Levers: http://www.flickr.com/photos/67499195@N00/2071538655/
flickr images courtesy of:
other:
Photos.com: Juniperimages / 87786020
photos.com: Jana Blašková / 153806355
Photos.com:Tracy Whiteside / 89143282
Jean Pierre Belot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36778241@N06/4418828535/