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12 illustrations for sermon preparation
Christ lays His hand upon every form of human love—the family bond, the marriage covenant, and the precious thing of friendship itself.
Christian discipleship originates not in human preference but in Divine initiative.
What is implied in being a branch in Christ?
Christ unveils a graduated progression of spiritual maturity.
Love flows from three sources: the love of the Father as its hidden root, the love of Christ as its first manifestation, and the love of believers for each other as its full outpouring.
This joy flows from four foundations He revealed to His disciples in the Upper Room discourse.
This abiding requires retaining our attachment: by keeping Christ in our thoughts continually, fixing our desires and will upon Him, and manifesting our love through comportment and speech.
The vines of Palestine witnessed for centuries to the union of man with God, yet only Christ gathered these truths into one luminous discourse on the vine and branches.
A general proclamation that Elohim reigns means little until the hearer recognizes: *you* are the branch.
The pedigree of true believers consists of two movements: first, they were once *in* the world, characterized by practical atheism (living without God in spirit and conduct), imperial materialism (recognizing no spiritual universe), and dominant selfishness (each governed by selfish...
Four categories of obedience sustain our *meno* (abiding) in His love.
Christ presents a paradox: the disciples are clean, yet they require continual cleansing.
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