For the One – Part One – Awareness

For the One – God

Mark 12:29-30

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Key Characteristics of Agape Love

• Unconditional
• Selfless
• Sacrificial
• Action-Oriented
• Divine in Origin

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John 3:16

16 For God so loved (Agaped) the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

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Rom 5:8

8 But God demonstrates his own love (Agape) for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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John 15:13

13 Greater love (Agape) has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends…

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1 John 4:8

8 …God is love (Agape).

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1 John 4:19

19 We love (Agape) because he first loved (Agaped) us.

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Mark 12:30

 30 Love (Agape) the Lord your God…

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Mark 12:30

30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

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All your – The seat of affections.

All your – The seat of the spirit.

All your – The seat of the intellect.

All your – The seat of vitality.

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For the One – Neighbor

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Mark 12:31

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“Love (Agape) our neighbor as we (Agape) ourselves.”

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Neighbor – Any person in our sphere of influence.

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For the One – God

For the One – Neighbor

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Love God, Love People.

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Rev 21:1-4

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Rev 21:6-7

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Rev 21:10-12

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Revelation 21:27

27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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(Not the verses…just as a stand-alone statement)

Revelation 20:11-15 – The Great White Throne Judgement

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Rev 20:11-12

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Rev 20:13-14

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Rev 20:15

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Acts 4:12

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John 14:6

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John 3:16-18

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life… 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
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2 Pet 3:9

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God wants all people to be saved and with Him for eternity.

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Awareness – True Spiritual Condition of Ottowa County

• Fallacy – Ottawa County is “sort of Christian”
• Reality – 56% of Ottawa County is “unaffiliated”
• Current population: 306,235
• Current unaffiliated: 171,491
• 70% will never have a Christian share their faith with them.
• 70% will never have a Christian personally invite them to church.
• 120,043 will never meet Jesus if current statistics hold.

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Rom 10:14-15

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(Building)

For the One – God

For the One – Neighbor

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A.B.R.T.S.T.M.O.J.

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1. We Invite.

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2. We Share.

We share our story,

To share His story,

So that others can meet Him too.

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3 Step model:

This is who I was.

This is what happened.

This is who I am now.

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For the One.

Personal Notes: