Sunday Service (2)

Sunday Service: Imbot sa Imo

(12-11-2022) Bro. Allan Barabat

"Imbot" ----> Greed (Selfishness)

=Imbot sa Imo=
(Selfishness2Selflessness)

"Sawa na akong mag-isa."

"I need someone to complete me."

"Gusto na po naming lumagay sa tahimik."

"I want to be happy."

++Takers vs Givers++

"It's not finding the RIGHT PERSON, instead it's about being the RIGHT PERSON."

++Superficial Love
++Transactional Love
++Disposable Love

"A kind of love that is deep and devoted to one another..."

2 Things:
1. Know and embrace your status.

"When you know your status, there's a standard attached to it."

*Ephesians 5:1
"1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children...

+Greek: "mimetes"
+English: "mimic"
> To copy something.

- To imitate us to mimic God's Character and Attribute as one who experience it."

"Fathers, the best gift to give your children is to love their mother."

+It is a command.

2. Live with the standard.

"How can we obey this command?"
"To imitate God?"

1. Incommunicable Attributes (can't be transferred)

2. Communicable Attributes (can be transferred/imitate-- loving, forgiving, merciful)

"Forgive/Love as I have forgave/loved you."

"...Because of grace you can imitate Him."

*Ephesians 5:1
"1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children..."

"When we become God's Children, we start to understand and practice SELFLESS LOVE."

"You are complete, valued and a princess."

+"Dearly loved": mamahalin ka pa rin niya no matter what.

"I had loved you with an everlasting love."

"We are performance-driven just to receive love."

WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN?
"The question can be answered in many ways, but the richest answer I know is that a Christian is one who has God for his Father." (J.I. Parker, Knowing God)

"The Father you loved so much, you don't want to offend Him."

*1 John 3:1
"1 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!"

"And that is our STATUS."

"Status: A Child of God"

*Ephesians 5:2
"2 and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God."

"It's a COMMAND."

"And walk in love is a lifelong process."

"The longer you became a Christian, the love of Christ should be manifested in your life."

"May expectation sayo dahil anak ka na ng Diyos."

"There are standards that we need to abide."

*John 13:34
"34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

*Ephesians 5:2
"2 and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

"Selfless love requires sacrifice."

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