The Rock San Diego – 9/14 sermon – Love

• Christian rules are foolishness to the ‘natural’ man
• Love is our greatest commandment
• Unconditional love is obedience based on Truth, not unconditional approval of behavior based on emotion
• Love is God obedience based on Truth (His word)
• To love God is to obey God
• If I love someone, I show that love by helping that person obey God
• Satan’s options for handling of Christians
• Conform or be labeled as a militant
• Conform or become irrelevant
• Don’t blame people, pray for them
• Conforming with Satan’s rules force you to compromise God’s word
• Wake up and acknowledge the terms that Satan has redefined
• When Christians are called ‘haters’, it’s because we don’t condone and tolerate what some people may want – it’s like a toddler throwing a fit because the mom or dad says ‘no’ about something and they say ‘I hate you!’
• Obey the word of God – period.
• “If you’re tolerant, why can’t you accept that I’m a Christian and I live by God’s rules?”
• Therefore, God’s love has nothing to do with giving us what we want, and everything to do with bringing us closer to Him through obeying His word.
• “How are you connecting me warning you about dangerous behavior and me saying you’re a bad person?”
• “If I’m wrong, please show me how to be right, according to the word of God”