Sermon slides from April 6, 2014, 6:00 pm worship service at Highland Heights church of Christ, Smyrna, TN with Wayne Cornwell

1. Unity Without
Love?
Sunday April 6, 2014 6:00pm Worship

2. Scripture reading:
John 13:31-35

3. John 13:31-35
31 So, when he had gone out,
Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man
is glorified, and God is glorified in
Him.

4. John 13:31-35
32 If God is glorified in Him, God
will also glorify Him in Himself,
and glorify Him immediately.

5. John 13:31-35
33 Little children, I shall be with
you a little while longer. You will
seek Me; and as I said to the
Jews, ‘Where I am going, you
cannot come,’ so now I say to
you.

6. John 13:31-35
34 A new commandment I give to
you, that you love one another;
as I have loved you, that you
also love one another.

7. John 13:31-35
35 By this all will know that you
are My disciples, if you have love
for one another.”

8. #relen lesspursuit

11. Unity Without
Love?

12. John 13:35
By this all will know that you are
My disciples, if you have love for
one another.”

13. Unity Without Love?
 What is the relationship to be
unified? We are family!

14. Ephesians 2:19-22
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer
strangers and foreigners, but fellow
citizens with the saints and members
of the household of God, 20 having
been built on the foundation of the
apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ
Himself being the chief cornerstone,

15. Ephesians 2:19-22
21 in whom the whole building, being
fitted together, grows into a holy
temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also
are being built together for a dwelling
place of God in the Spirit.

16. Romans 8:16,17
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness
with our spirit that we are children of
God, 17 and if children, then heirs—
heirs of God and joint heirs with
Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him,
that we may also be glorified
together.

17. 1Timothy 5:1,2
1 Do not rebuke an older man,
but exhort him as a father,
younger men as brothers, 2 older
women as mothers, younger
women as sisters, with all purity.

18. Unity Without Love?
 What is the relationship to be
unified? We are family!
 Family love is a test of our
spiritual condition

19. 1John 2:9-11
9 He who says he is in the light,
and hates his brother, is in
darkness until now. 10 He who
loves his brother abides in the
light, and there is no cause for
stumbling in him.

20. 1John 2:9-11
11 But he who hates his brother is
in darkness and walks in
darkness, and does not know
where he is going, because the
darkness has blinded his eyes

21. 1John 3:10
In this the children of God and
the children of the devil are
manifest: Whoever does not
practice righteousness is not of
God, nor is he who does not love
his brother.

22. 1John 3:14,15
14 We know that we have passed
from death to life, because we
love the brethren. He who does
not love his brother abides in
death.

23. 1John 3:14,15
15 Whoever hates his brother is a
murderer, and you know that no
murderer has eternal life abiding
in him.

24. Unity Without Love?
 What is the relationship to be
unified? We are family!
 Family love is a test of our
spiritual condition
 How is this love shown?

25. Romans 16:16
Greet one another with a holy
kiss. The churches of Christ
greet you.

26. 1Peter 5:14a
Greet one another with a kiss
of love.

27. Romans 12:10
Be kindly affectionate to one
another with brotherly love, in
honor giving preference to one
another.

28. 1Peter 3:8,9
8 Finally, all of you be of one
mind, having compassion for one
another; love as brothers, be
tenderhearted, be courteous;

29. 1Peter 3:8,9
9 not returning evil for evil or
reviling for reviling, but on the
contrary blessing, knowing that
you were called to this, that you
may inherit a blessing.

30. Unity Without Love?
 What is the relationship to be
unified? We are family!
 Family love is a test of our
spiritual condition
 How is this love shown?

31. Unity Without
Love?
NOT POSSIBLE!

32. #relen lesspursuit