The Door That Love Built
by Rev. Kirby Williams
Revisiting the Door to life and the incredible love bond that built it.
Text: John 10:17-18
Date: 04/01/2018, the Evening service.
Series: "John: Encountering Love" Part 86
Description:
In this Easter evening meditation we will revisit the same text of the morning but in a more in-depth manner. Our focus will be on the love bond between the Father and the Son and what Jesus meant when He said, "For this reason the Father loves me". As far as we are humanly capable, we will explore the basis of the Father's love for the Son and the reciprocal love of the Son for the Father. We will once again establish that Jesus' relationship with the Father is a model for our own relationship with Him. Ultimately we will bask in the glory of the realization that we as believers are at the center of this manifestation of God's love. For it was His deep desire for reconciliation with Adam's race that brought about both the Crucifixion and the Resurrection and necessitated the Door that love built!
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I. Introduction, John 10:11,12,13,15.
II. Exposition of the text, John 10:17-18.
A. Context
1. The reality behind the story, Matt. 26:31-32, John 18:4,5-9.
2. Expanding the allegory, Matt. 22:44.
B. Explaining how love built "the Door".
1. A meditation on love, the Crucifixion & the Resurrection, vs. 17.
a. Maintaining the integrity of the verse.
b. A glimpse of indescribable love.
i. What Jesus does not mean.
¥ He does not mean the Father's love is conditional.
¥ He does not mean the Father's love is mere empathy for suffering.
¥ An attempt to break the "Father/Son bond".
ii. What Jesus DOES mean, John 4:34.
iii. The nature of the bond.
¥ The Eternal Decree of the Father, John 3:14-16, Isa. 53:4,10, John 6:39.
¥ The obedience of the Son.
¥ Reciprocal love.
iv. An illustration.
c. A new perspective on the Crucifixion and Resurrection, John 12:23,24, Heb. 2:10.
2. A meditation on authority, vs. 18.
a. A willing and willful death.
i. No one else to blame, Acts 4:27-28.
ii. The freedom of choice.
iii. The authority to lay it down.
b. A willing and willful Resurrection.
c. Command and obedience.
III. Application
A. Mirroring the action and motives of the Lord, John 10:14-15, 14:15, Eph. 4:1.
B. Realizing the objective of the Door that love built!
IV. Conclusion
