Saved to Love

Sermon – Saved to Love – 1 Peter 1:22-25

Love one another earnestly because…

1. You are for the Lord to live a life .

· Salvation is restoring the of God.

· Salvation has placed us in the of God.

2. You have been with an .

The new birth means we…

· have undeserved love.

· are to love.

-What should Christians be known for? How would that bring glory to God?

-In what ways do you find it hardest to love your church family?

-Do you tend to seek to love others through summoning up a desire or by thinking about the gospel? How could you do the latter more and more?

Other passages to consider: Ps 4:3; John 13:34-35; 15:1-17; 17:23-26; Col 3:12-17; 1 Jn 4:7-12.