Advent Series - Week Four
Drew Phillips - Associate Pastor
KEY SCRIPTURE: 16 For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. – John 3:16
SLIDE: He came the first time because God loves us so much, and He is coming again because He loves us so much!
•Eros – romantic love
•Philia – brotherly love
•Agape – divine love (rare)
SLIDE: We cannot earn it, but we can respond to it.
SLIDE: In the Greco-Roman world, belief was often associated with trust in the gods or in philosophical truths. However, the New Testament writers redefined "pisteuó" within the context of a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ. This belief was not just about accepting doctrines but involved a transformative trust that led to a new way of living. - Biblehub
KEY SCRIPTURE: 3 This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent —Jesus Christ. – John 17:3
SLIDE: We can know God here and now, and when we do, it transforms us. It connects us to Him in a way that we feel His love.
SLIDE: We are called to be people of love to others around us.
DAILY TRAINING: Respond to God’s love to you today.