Known, Part 3: The Prepositional Gospel - Joel Schmidgall

Published: July 23, 2017, 9:43 p.m.

b'What does it mean to be a disciple of Christ? We\\u2019ll explore Jesus\\u2019 words on this topic and talk about the call to love.The scriptures give us a progression of understanding of love. In John 4, we\\u2019re taught to "love one another.\\u201d In Mark 12, the measure is increased. Don\\u2019t just love one another, but "love your neighbor as yourself.\\u201d And in John 13:34-35, the measure is increased yet again. Don\\u2019t just love one another, don\\u2019t just love as you love yourself. But love "as Christ has loved us". Because he knows our love for each other can be imperfect. Our love for ourselves can even be imperfect. But He came to this earth to give us the ultimate example of love. It\\u2019s the prepositional gospel:Coming TO (incarnational) Being WITH (relational)Dying FOR (sacrificial)Jesus gives us a beautiful picture of what it should look like to be known in community.'