Love!

John 13: 35

³⁵ “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

A number of years ago, I remember a lady coming up to me after church, to reveal that she didn’t feel that our church was very loving.

At first I was taken aback by her claim, until I realized that she only came to church once every 4 - 6 weeks.

It was kind of hard to understand how she came to that conclusion.

We very rarely saw her, and she didn’t really participate in church.

There are times when those kinds of people use that kind of excuse to justify their claims for leaving.

Often they lay the blame in the laps of others.

Of course it should be our desire to have a loving church that reaches out to it members, the lost, and the community.

Would you say you’re that kind of person?

What have you done lately to make your home church more loving?

How do we know that we’re true follower of Jesus? They are people who constantly display love.

You can’t possibly love if you’re not in church, and you can’t possibly be loved if you’re not in church.

That seems to be a simple conclusion.

A loving church is characterized by love. The better word to use here is charity.

“charity: benevolent goodwill toward other people”

You have to be in church to give it, and you have to be in church to receive it…