Gateway Church Geelong
Sunday April 14th 2019
Sunday Sermon Notes
Locations & Times
Gateway Church Geelong
175 Moolap Station Rd, Moolap VIC 3224, Australia
Sunday 10:30 AM
April 14th 2019 - Pastor Lee Eden
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Course
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Course
You are invited to join us for the Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Course. It’s only possible to be fully healthy when we are Spiritually, Emotionally and Physically committed to the journey.
Your emotions are called to be a blessing to the people around you! Sign up now.
Starting on Monday the 6th of May.
Cost- $20 investment for the EHS book
http://gc.org.au/connectYour emotions are called to be a blessing to the people around you! Sign up now.
Starting on Monday the 6th of May.
Cost- $20 investment for the EHS book
Join us & inviting people to hear the Love and Grace of Jesus!
Easter Service Times and Info
Easter At Gateway
Follow the link to see all the Easter information including, times, map, sharable images, and facebook profile invitation.This page is for you to direct friends and family to when you invite them too!
https://gc.org.au/easterPrayer Requests / Praise Reports
If you have a prayer need we would love to stand with you. All you need to do is fill out the form at the following link - our team is ready to pray!
http://gc.org.au/prayerGiving
As part of our services, we love that we have the opportunity to give to the work of the Kingdom through the church. Here is a link to online giving.
http://gc.org.au/giving
LOVE Anchored In Love
GOD IS LOVE
1 John 4:16-18 (NLT)
16We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.
God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. 17And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.
18Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.
16We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.
God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. 17And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.
18Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.
1 John 4:16-18 (ERV)
16 So we know the love that God has for us, and we trust that love.
God is love. Everyone who lives in love lives in God, and God lives in them. 17 If God’s love is made perfect in us, we can be without fear on the day when God judges the world. We will be without fear, because in this world we are like Jesus. 18 Where God’s love is, there is no fear, because God’s perfect love takes away fear. then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins. 18In that case, all who have died believing in Christ are lost! 19And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world. It is his punishment that makes a person fear. So his love is not made perfect in the one who has fear.
16 So we know the love that God has for us, and we trust that love.
God is love. Everyone who lives in love lives in God, and God lives in them. 17 If God’s love is made perfect in us, we can be without fear on the day when God judges the world. We will be without fear, because in this world we are like Jesus. 18 Where God’s love is, there is no fear, because God’s perfect love takes away fear. then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins. 18In that case, all who have died believing in Christ are lost! 19And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world. It is his punishment that makes a person fear. So his love is not made perfect in the one who has fear.
HE IS LOVE
Father - Son - Holy Spirit
Genesis 1:26-27 (NLT)
26Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”
27So God created human beings in his own image.
In the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
26Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”
27So God created human beings in his own image.
In the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
Father - Son - Holy Spirit
Created in their image
Created in their image
It is only with God’s Image that we can truly operate as we were created and purposed
My top 4 Scriptures that Convey God is LOVE and wants us to Love as God loves
1. For God so loved
John 3:16-17 ERV
16“ Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life.17 God sent his Son into the world. He did not send him to judge the world guilty, but to save the world through him.
16“ Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life.17 God sent his Son into the world. He did not send him to judge the world guilty, but to save the world through him.
John 3:16-17 (NLT)
16“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
16“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
2. Love the Lord your God
Matthew 22:37-38 (TPT)
37Jesus answered him, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with every passion of your heart, with all the energy of your being, and with every thought that is within you.’ 38This is the great and supreme commandment.
37Jesus answered him, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with every passion of your heart, with all the energy of your being, and with every thought that is within you.’ 38This is the great and supreme commandment.
3. Love others as yourself
Matthew 22:39-40 (TPT)
39And the second is like it in importance: ‘You must love your friend in the same way you love yourself.’ 40 Contained within these commandments to love you will find all the meaning of the Law and the Prophets.”
39And the second is like it in importance: ‘You must love your friend in the same way you love yourself.’ 40 Contained within these commandments to love you will find all the meaning of the Law and the Prophets.”
God is love. Everyone who lives in love lives in God, and God lives in them.
Love empowers you to share Christ’s commission
Matthew 28:18-20 (NLT)
18 Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. 19Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. 20 Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
18 Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. 19Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. 20 Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Acts of the Apostles 1:8 (NLT)
8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Empowered to outwork the commands and commission
Jesus encourages us to stay in the lane of Love.
John 15:9-10 (NLT)
9“I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
9“I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
We are anchored, found, completed, perfected, empowered by God.
Loving like He loved is our Goal and our mandate towards Him, Ourselves and Others.
Loving like He loved is our Goal and our mandate towards Him, Ourselves and Others.
Ephesians 2:4-5 (TPT)
4 But God still loved us with such great love. He is so rich in compassion and mercy. 5 Even when we were dead and doomed in our many sins, he united us into the very life of Christ and saved us by his wonderful grace!
4 But God still loved us with such great love. He is so rich in compassion and mercy. 5 Even when we were dead and doomed in our many sins, he united us into the very life of Christ and saved us by his wonderful grace!
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