sermon study guide

preparation

1. Read the Psalm aloud.

2. Read the Scripture from John

3. Take a moment to meditate on the Scripture.

preparing for the message

1. Out of all the people you have known in your life list the three people who have been the most loving to you?

2. List three ways that each person loved you.

3. Do you notice any similarities?

4. What does the similarities say about your understanding of love?

reading the message

1. Who loved Jesus?

2. Who did Jesus love?

3. What are the disciples to remain in?

4. How are they to remain in his love?

5. Who did Jesus obey?

6. What two reasons did Jesus tell them this?

7. What is Jesus command?

8. What is the greatest act of love?

9. What do we have to do to be called friends of Jesus?

10. Why does Jesus no longer call the disciples servants?

11. What does he call them?

12. What has he made known to them?

13. What did Jesus do?

14. What did he appoint us to do?

15. What will the Father do in return?

16. What is his command?

living the message

1. Now list the three people that you have tried to love.

2. How did you try to love them?

3. List three more people.

4. Is there a difference between the first set of three and the second in terms of the quality and quantity of time you have spent with them?

5. List three people who you see every Sunday but you have really never tried to "love"?

closing

1. Read the Scripture lesson again and take a moment to meditate on the passage.

2. What is God saying to you?

3. Thank God for his presence and ask him to apply what you have learned to your life