Sacred Truth Friday: Why Love?; Prayer

Morning Sermon
Why Love?

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” - John 13:34-35 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John13:34-35&version=NKJV
A. Love the brethren
    1. Mark of discipleship

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. - John 15:13 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John15:13&version=NKJV
A. Sacrifice my life for the brethren

Why Love?

1. It's a commandment (John 13:34

2.  It's the badge of discipleship (John 13:35)

3. It imitates God (Ephesians 5:1-2)

4. It promotes unity (Ephesians 4:2-3)

5. It never grows old (1 Corinthians 13:13)

Lesson: Love the brethren. 


Afternoon Sermon
Prayer

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. - James 5:13-18 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James5:13-18&version=NKJV
A. Prayer works 
B. In verse 14, the miraculous age is referenced which ended in the 1st century 
C. We have His Word and need no miracles to prove the Gospel

Lesson: Prayer works. Pray fervently and continually. 

Two wonderful sermons from Stephen Wiggins. 


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