Finally, we're done with all these sermons about Love...
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey God’s commandments. For the love of God is this, that we obey God’s commandments. And God’s commandments are not burdensome, for whatever is born of God conquers the world. (1 John 5:2-4a) Easter 6B readings Love, love, love. dah dah dah, love, love, love….All you need is…Love. All you need is Love…My hope is to have you leaving worship today with that earworm stuck in your head! Because the lectionary for this year has assigned the First Letter of John, we’ve been talking for weeks about love. This week John switches it up a little bit, though, and give us two other repeating words in addition to the word love : commandments , and obey . Those don’t sound quite as warm and fuzzy. John says loving God means obeying God’s commandments. Obeying God’s commandments is the topic of the book What if Jesus Was Serious that our confirmation class is reading right now. The author, Skye Jethani, compares Jesus’ teach