Oakwood Church
Love - John 15:12-17
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
God’s people have experienced Jesus’ love and are called to express Jesus’ love in response.
One Central Command:
We are commanded to Love one another
John 15:12
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”
We are commanded to Love one another
John 15:12
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”
John 15:14
“You are my friends if you do what I command you.”
“You are my friends if you do what I command you.”
John 15:17
“These things I command you, so that you will love one another.”
“These things I command you, so that you will love one another.”
John 14:15
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”
“If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.”
John 15:10
John 15:10
We are commanded to Love one another
• Jesus’ command serves a Purpose
“Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession”
Exodus 19:5
• Jesus’ command serves a Purpose
“Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession”
Exodus 19:5
“…through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.”
Romans 5:19
Romans 5:19
Jesus’ command and our obedience serve as a Trellis for our vine to produce abiding Fruit
We are commanded to Love one another
• Jesus’ command and our obedience serve as a Trellis for our vine to produce abiding Fruit
“For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.”
1 John 5:3
• Jesus’ command and our obedience serve as a Trellis for our vine to produce abiding Fruit
“For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.”
1 John 5:3
“These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you,
and that your joy may be full.”
John 15:11
and that your joy may be full.”
John 15:11
The use of the word “utilitarian” is meant to describe how treating a person is for a desired result.
In reality, the person who engages in utilitarian love is merely loving himself through somebody else.
In reality, the person who engages in utilitarian love is merely loving himself through somebody else.
Agape (love) – the love of God operating in the human heart
How have we been loved?
o Jesus loved us through His Sacrifice
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.”
John 15:13
o Jesus loved us through His Sacrifice
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.”
John 15:13
How have we been loved?
o Jesus loved us through His Fellowship
“You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.”
John 15:14-15
o Jesus loved us through His Fellowship
“You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.”
John 15:14-15
How have we been loved?
o Jesus loved us through His Commissioning
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide…”
John 15:16
o Jesus loved us through His Commissioning
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide…”
John 15:16
How are we supposed to love?
o Love in Sacrifice
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.”
John 15:13
o Love in Sacrifice
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.”
John 15:13
How are we supposed to love?
o Love in Encouragement
“…but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.”
John 15:15
o Love in Encouragement
“…but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.”
John 15:15
How are we supposed to love?
o Love in Exhortation
“…so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.”
John 15:16
o Love in Exhortation
“…so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.”
John 15:16
“These things I command you, so that you will love one another.”
John 15:17
John 15:17
