Together

What Does It Take? STAY

 John 14:15-21

Together Key: Stay Proverbs 18:24b, “…a real friend sticks closer than a brother.”

What does it take to Stay?

1. Pick your PLACE

See John 14:15-16.

Matthew 18:20, “For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them.”

2. Show some GRACE

1 Peter 4:8, “Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.”

See John 14:18, “I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you.

3. Match the PACE

See John 14:20. “When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.”

Psalms 133, “How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!”

 Philippians 2:2, “Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose.”

See John 14:16, “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you.”

PARAKLETOS – “called alongside”.

1 John 2:1, “My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.”

The sermon will conclude with the celebration of the Lord’s Supper. If you belong to the Lord, you belong at His Supper. You are invited to examine yourself and participate.