You Are Not All Alone

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Jeremy Diebler preached on the "one another" commands of the New Testament, working through them as a kind of foundation before settling into Ephesians 4:17 through 5:2. His central concern was that the Church is supposed to be the living laboratory for what the Bible teaches, and that if people like Jesus but do not like Christians, something has gone wrong in the doing of it. Jeremy opened with...

Read together

1. Ephesians 4:17-5:2 the main passage read and exposited through the sermon
2. Romans 5:8 while we were yet sinners Christ died for us, used to illustrate accepting one another
3. Romans 15:7 accept one another just as Christ accepted you to bring praise to God
4. Colossians 3:16 let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another
5. Galatians 6:2 carry each other's burdens and fulfill the law of Christ
6. Romans 14:19 make every effort toward peace and mutual edification, in context of disputable matters
7. 1 Corinthians 12 no division in the body, equal concern for one another
8. 1 Thessalonians 4 comfort one another with these words, connected to teaching about the rapture
9. James 5:16 confess your sins to each other and pray so you may be healed
10. Romans 12:10 be devoted to one another in brotherly love, outdo one another in showing honor
11. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 encourage one another and build each other up, quoted as a preschool memory verse
12. 1 John 1:7 if we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship with one another
13. Romans 13:8 let no debt remain outstanding except the continuing debt to love one another
14. Philippians 2 make my joy complete by being like minded, introduced with questions about comfort in love
15. Romans 15:5-6 may God give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus
16. Galatians 5:13 called to be free but do not use freedom to indulge sinful nature, serve one another in love
17. Hebrews 10:24 spur one another on toward love and good deeds
18. Ephesians 5:21 submit to one another out of reverence for Christ, governing the passage on husbands wives and masters
19. 1 Corinthians 6:1 I have heard there are lawsuits among you, don't sue one another
20. Romans 12:2 be renewed in the spirit of your minds, do not be conformed to this world
21. 2 Corinthians 5:17 if any man be in Christ he is a new creation, referenced while reading Ephesians 4
22. Colossians 3 take off the old self like a dirty garment and put on Christ, referenced multiple times

Talk about it

1. C. S. Lewis said that to love anything is to be vulnerable, and that the alternative is a heart that becomes 'unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.' Where have you seen that play out, either in your own life or in someone close to you?
2. Pastor Jeremy described the church as the lab where we practice what the Bible teaches, not just a place to study it. In your own experience, which of the 'one another' commands has been hardest to move from knowing to actually doing, and why?
3. The sermon pointed out that Jesus said people would know we are His disciples by the way we love one another, but that many people who like Jesus do not like Christians. What do you think gets in the way of the church closing that gap?
4. Pastor Jeremy read from Ephesians 4 that we are to 'be angry and yet not sin' and not let the sun go down on our anger. How do you personally tell the difference between righteous anger and anger that is starting to give the devil an opportunity?
5. The set-aside prayer from the sermon asks God to help us set aside everything we think we know about Him, about ourselves, and about other people, so we can see things with new eyes. Is there a relationship or situation in your life right now where praying something like that might change things?