Weekend Worship | March 16

2 Samuel 21:1-22 ESV

“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.You are my friends if you do what I command.I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

Joshua 9:19 ESV

“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.You are my friends if you do what I command.I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

1. Bear His name
a. Responsibility

1. Bear His name
a. Responsibility
b. Weight

Exodus 20:7 ESV

“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.You are my friends if you do what I command.I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

2. Bear witness

2. Bear witness
a. Reflecting His character
b. Revealing His dominion

2 Samuel 21:22 ESV

3. Bound by a name
a. Undeserving
b. How much more?

Romans 5:9-11 ESV

THIS WEEK'S TAKEAWAYS

Key Theme:
The profound responsibility that comes with bearing God's name—and the call to live in a way that reflects his name with integrity, character, and accountability.

Key Application:
Evaluate and consider ways that you can more faithfully bear God’s name in your life well.

Key Verse:
Exodus 20:7 ““You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.”

Key Questions:
1. Does my daily conduct honor the legacy and weight of the name I bear?

2. In what specific ways am I bearing witness to his character and seeking to reveal or bring about his dominion in my life?

3. When I fall short, how do I seek to abide in God’s grace and mercy?

Sermon Scripture for next week: Read 2 Samuel 22-23

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Weekend Worship | March 16

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