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The Living Word
Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000 (message contributor)
Summary: THE LIVING WORD -- Living For Eternity Requires Feeding On The Living And Abiding Word of God In Order To Aggressively Love One Another (1:22 - 2:3) -- Proper Exercise and Diet are keys to Good Health 1.
THE LIVING WORD -- Living For Eternity Requires Feeding On The Living And Abiding Word of God In Order To Aggressively Love One Another (1:22 - 2:3) -- Proper Exercise and Diet are keys to Good Health
1. PROPER EXERCISE -- Aggressive Love Should Be the New Lifestyle of Those Who Have Experienced the Power of the Word of God (:22-25)
a. The Command ("fervently love one another from the heart") Sets Forth the Expectation of the Goal of our New Lifestyle
b. Two Reasons That Support This Command -- Because we have experienced the power of the Word of God:
(1) In Initial Purification
(2) In Regeneration
Illustration (:24-25) -- The Word of God is Abiding