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Rock Point Church · all sermons
Pastor Bill Bush · Aug 21, 2022
The greatest commandment Jesus gave — to love God with everything you are and to love your neighbor as yourself — is not just a church mission statement but the personal calling of every follower of Christ. These two commands are inseparable: genuine love for God automatically produces love for others. And because love is not merely a feeling but a choice and an action, it always expresses itself in giving — of our time, our resources, our truth, and our very lives — so that others can be pointed to Jesus.
Pastor Bill Bush · Feb 3, 2020
Drawing from 1 John 4:7–21, the sermon argues that the reason Christians get stuck loving others is not mainly a willpower problem but a love-clarity problem. John, writing as the elder statesman of the early church, insists that genuine, consistent love for others flows naturally from three things: being clear about the depth and unconditional nature of God's love (seen most fully at the cross), staying near that love through regular worship, Scripture, prayer, and community, and refusing to let fear keep us from stepping out in trust. When those three realities are in place, loving others becomes the joyful, courageous response to what God has already done — not an anxious attempt to earn His favor.