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1. Brotherly Love

Romans 13:8

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A nice-looking man's jacket Lesson: Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. Good morning, boys and girls. How do you like this jacket I have with me today? (Let them answer.) It really is nice, isn't it? The colors are so bright and pretty. Today I want to tell you a story about a young boy who once had a jacket that looked a little bit like this one. The young man's name was Joseph, and he lived many years before Jesus was born. Joseph ...

2. Brotherly Love

Philemon 1:8-25, Philemon 1:1-7

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

Call to Worship Pastor: Man's social structures hinder our fellowship by making some people inferior to others. People: We do not believe in a caste system, but we know our social attitudes deny the equality of which we boast. Pastor: The Christian faith redesigns society to be a brotherhood of people who love one another as God loves each of us. People: May our faith transform our relationships into that kind of a brotherhood. Collect O God of mercy, who generously gives your love to each of us without ...

3. Week Two Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... many gifts which the Greeks gave to our society was the science of philosophy, the science of thought. In philosophy and in language, the Greeks used three words to describe the vast nature of love. The first word the Greeks used was phileo, the idea of brotherly love. This is the love which is seen between sisters and brothers, the love expressed between good friends. The second form of love is eros. This is romantic love, the love between one man and one woman. This type of love is pointed inward. It is a ...

4. Living to Please God

1 Thessalonians 4:1-12

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... s later readers who are familiar with his Corinthian correspondence, that the very “vessel” with which sexual sin might be committed, is the dwelling place of the God who forbids it (cf. 1 Cor. 3:16; 6:18f.). 4:9 The opening words of this verse, Now about brotherly love, employ the same formula (peri with the gen. case) found in 1 Corinthians, where it signals Paul’s answers to the Corinthians’ questions (cf. 1 Cor. 7:1; 8:1; 12:1; 16:1, 12; cf. also 1 Thess. 5:1). It is unlikely, however, that the ...

5. Love

Romans 12:9-21

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... are in need (v. 13). Hospitality and generosity were hallmarks of early Christianity, and sharing was an important way by which Christians identified themselves (Acts 2:43ff.; 4:32ff.; James 2:14ff.). Sharing (Gk. koinōnein) is a concrete expression of “brotherly love” (v. 10) and defines the ideal of the church as a koinōnia, a sharing community of believers. Sharing was an appropriate reminder for Roman Christians who, because they lived in the capital city, received many visitors. In at least some ...

6. Concluding Exhortations

Hebrews 13:1-25

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... , these specific and concluding exhortations give the work the character of a letter. The opening verses of this chapter are particularly of that character, although some items may well have a special bearing on the readers. 13:1 This short verse reads literally “Let brotherly love continue.” Love, of course, is the basis of all Christian ethics. Jesus sums up the law in the twofold command to love God and one’s neighbor as oneself (Matt. 22:37–40; Mark 12:29–31; cf. Rom. 13:9f.). Love is all ...

7. Stuff!

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

... could be found than there.1 How different from the parable of Jesus! It is so different that, at first, it is tough to get our minds around it. We've all known unselfish people, but the degree to which these two brothers loved each other and only wanted what was best for each other goes far beyond simple unselfishness. It's much easier to imagine the rich man stuffing his new barns full of excess grain than someone freely giving it away to another. Greed, on the other hand, is something we understand ...

8. Proper 17

Lk 14:1, 7-14 · Heb 12:18-19, 22-24; 13:1-8 · Eze 18:1-9, 25-29 · Prov 25:6-22

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... , "When was the last time you said, 'I love you'?" To love in word is delightful and helpful, but it is even better when we go beyond words to practical deeds in the various areas of our lives. The text tells us how "brotherly love" can be applied. Outline: When "brotherly love" is in action - A. Hospitality - v. 2 B. Concern for prisoners - v. 3 C. Honor in marriage - v. 4 D. Contentment with possessions - v. 5 2. Always the Same - Good or Bad? 13:8 - "Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever ...

9. Proper 17

Hebrews 13:1-25, Jeremiah 2:1-3:5, Luke 14:1-14

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... , "When was the last time you said, 'I love you'?" To love in word is delightful and helpful, but it is even better when we go beyond words to practical deeds in the various areas of our lives. The text tells us how "brotherly love" can be applied. Outline: When "brotherly love" is in action a. Hospitality v. 2. b. Concern for prisoners v. 3. c. Honor in marriage v. 4. d. Contentment with possessions v. 5. 2. Always the same good or bad? (13:8) "Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever." Need ...

10. Peacemaking and Self Control

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... gigantic gasp of unbelief" rose from the Union men on Cemetery Ridge. "It was then," wrote Myers, "that the Yankees, unable to restrain themselves longer, burst from behind the stone wall, and flung themselves upon their former enemies ... not in mortal combat, but re-united in brother love and affection."18 That is what God wants among his people, and that is the only hope of this world. The miracle is that it can begin today with each of us. So don’t kid yourself, if you have not taken the initiative to ...

11. Making Relationships Work

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... must refer to the rules of discipline in the church. The people had neglected these rules of discipline for too long. And ploughing up the ground must be another way of saying the people need to open their hearts, to allow the good seed of brotherly love to be sown. The warning against foul seed was obvious: the citizens had an obligation to sort the truth from the untruth, and not believe every morsel of gossip they heard. And the great, ugly bull could only symbolize the devil, who had come into their ...

12. Be Holy

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... to be sanctified, he equates truth with God’s word (John 17:17, 19). Peter makes a similar association in the next two verses. The Qumran community also taught the purifying nature of truth (1QS 3.6; 4.20). Sincere (anypokriton) love for your brothers, love for fellow believers (male and female) that is open and without guile. In this sense, anypokritos is a freshly coined word and means the “unaffectedness” of Christian love (Rom. 12:9; 2 Cor. 6:6). See Turner, p. 479. Judaism at its best sensed ...

13. One Commandment, Slightly Used

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... in the narthex so that they could pick them up again after the service and resume feuding and fussing and fighting with their neighbors. When asked about the service, Huck replied, “It was pretty ornery preachin’, all about brotherly love and such-like tiresomeness.” Huck had a hard time believing in brotherly love when he saw so little of it around him. He isn’t the only one. Yes, perhaps Jesus’ command is new because it has been so rarely used. And yet...that isn’t the whole story. At its best ...

14. God's Hello People

1 John 1:5--2:14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . There was shame there." (from the autobiography of Dick Gregory) It's a picture of the opposite of what I'm talking about today. With that picture in mind, in what bold contrast is our Hebrew scripture lesson set. Listen to it. "Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. One of the questions of our Christian walk is how do we entertain an angel?" Now another story from another famous person, Herb Gardner. Mr. Gardner's ...

15. Shepherding One Another in a Collapsing World

Romans 9:1-29

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... ." Paul knew the unbelievable excitement of being loved by Christ. He had discovered the unspeakable experience of pouring this love out to all humankind. It was his new being. He couldn’t help it. It was not "brotherly love" he was sharing with this world; it was "brother-love" - the family spirit of God’s children gathered together in Christian community, seeking to bring all persons into the family. Jesus followed an effective strategy: he loved the disciples, they loved him; the disciples loved each ...

16. Closing

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... can imagine in Corinth separate house churches sending greetings back and forth to one another by delegated representatives. If the Corinthian house churches provided a sociological context that encouraged the formation of factions, then this gesture of mutual goodwill and brotherly love would do much to overcome the natural schismatic tendency. In the context of 2 Corinthians Paul’s exhortation to greet one another with a holy kiss reinforces and underscores his prior admonitions to be of one mind and to ...

17. Radiate Love

Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... A. The author writes "Let mutual love continue." This is simply what some would call Brotherhood or Sisterhood. This is the idea expressed in the Greek word "philadelphia." Of course, most of us know that the city of Philadelphia is known as the City of Brotherly Love. That's exactly where its name came from. And that comes from the Greek root word "philos" which describes affection and kindness for friends and family. Now we know that it all begins first with God's love for us as expressed in Christ. When ...

18. If You're Not Loving You're Not Living (Fruit of the Spirit: Love)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... is yours, I'll share it." That's why it is so important that this agape love control every other form of love. You see, when the sexual love is controlled by agape love, infidelity, fornication, and sexual abuse will be eliminated. When brotherly love is controlled by agape love, jealousy, envy, and strife will be eliminated. When parental love is controlled by agape love, then child abuse, and disrespect for parents, will be eliminated. Now all of that sounds wonderful. But I want to repeat that outward ...

19. Easter 6

Acts 10:23b-48, 1 John 4:1-6, John 15:1-17, 1 John 5:1-12

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... us as his children. Love (vv. 1-3). A child of God loves the Father. If we love the Father, John says we will also love his children. Christians then are brothers and sisters in Christ. This is the way it should be, but many Christians show a lack of brotherly love even though they claim to love the Father. The reason we do not love God's children is our lack of love of God. Proof of our love of God is our obedience to the Father. How then can we learn to love God? The answer: "We love him because ...

20. The New-Covenant Ethic of Love

Romans 12:9-21

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... and evil. The latter is to be hated. 12:10–12 Be devoted to one another in love. Verse 10 is the first of a number of verses in this paragraph that focus on loving other Christians. The phil- root, used twice here—in brotherly love (philadelphia) showing family affection (philostorgoi) to one another—refers to familial love.4Christians are to treat each other as brothers and sisters in the family of God. Verse 10b is translated either, “showing the way to one another in honor,” or “Honor one ...

21. From Lust to Love

1 Corinthians 13: 1

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... loving your children until now. Now I know." That's affection. That's storg? love. It's vital, it's important, it's needed in our world. The second kind of love is what we call phileo, it's friendship love. Philadelphia is the city of brotherly love. Lovers stand face to face. Friends stand side by side. The most fascinating friendship in the Bible is between Jonathan and David, David the son of Jesse, and Jonathan the son of Saul. Both were brave, adventuresome, smart. They knew how to conquer an enemy and ...

22. Heaping Coals and Virtues

Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... to "love one another with mutual affection." This time the word translated as love is one which is familiar to most people - philadelphia. While the word is more familiar as the name of a city, it is also a Greek word that describes brotherly love or affection. Rather than the divine love that underlies the entire Christian life, this word embodies the idea of affection for a brother or a sister, and in the New Testament, primarily an affection for a fellow believer. Many congregations have, at some point ...

23. A Fireside Conversation

John 21:15-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... a fallible man, just as we are fallible people. Was he capable of God-like love? Are any of us? Certainly he could strive for it. That’s all Christ asks of any of us, that we strive for agape God-like love. Then when we arrive at phileo, brotherly love, it will be genuine. It is the first question that Christ asked that is the most puzzling. The first time he asked Peter, “Do you love me more than these?” Is Jesus asking: “Do you love me more than you love the other disciples?” That may be, for ...

24. Memorial Day

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Angela Akers

... , an affectionate bond between people. Agape refers to unconditional, sacrificial love. It is interesting to note that in all the Biblical commands to love one another, the word phileo is never used. Not once are we commanded to have a "brotherly love" for one another. But repeatedly, we are commanded to have agape, a sacrificial love for one another. The greatest demonstration of agape love for us was Jesus' willingness to "lay down" his life for us. The Bible makes it very clear that Jesus knew what he ...

25. Love One Another

Romans 9:3

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... in the end, Paul didn't have to give up his heart at all because the doctors found a way to help Joe get better. And the happiest person around, when Joe finally came home from the hospital, was his brother Paul. That is a good example of brotherly love, isn't it, boys and girls? (Let them answer.) Today in one of our readings from scripture, the Apostle Paul offers to give up his own life for the sake of those who are separated from Jesus. Paul wanted everyone to become a Christian, especially those people ...

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1. Brotherly Love

Romans 13:8

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

2. Brotherly Love

Philemon 1:8-25, Philemon 1:1-7

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

3. Week Two Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

4. Living to Please God

1 Thessalonians 4:1-12

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

5. Love

Romans 12:9-21

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

6. Concluding Exhortations

Hebrews 13:1-25

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

7. Stuff!

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

8. Proper 17

Lk 14:1, 7-14 · Heb 12:18-19, 22-24; 13:1-8 · Eze 18:1-9, 25-29 · Prov 25:6-22

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

9. Proper 17

Hebrews 13:1-25, Jeremiah 2:1-3:5, Luke 14:1-14

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... , "When was the last time you said, 'I love you'?" To love in word is delightful and helpful, but it is even better when we go beyond words to practical deeds in the various areas of our lives. The text tells us how "brotherly love" can be applied. Outline: When "brotherly love" is in action a. Hospitality v. 2. b. Concern for prisoners v. 3. c. Honor in marriage v. 4. d. Contentment with possessions v. 5. 2. Always the same good or bad? (13:8) "Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever." Need ...

10. Peacemaking and Self Control

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

11. Making Relationships Work

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

12. Be Holy

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer