Sunday Rewind is a 5-day Devotional based on the weekly sermon at Resonate Community Church
November 8th Sermon, Day 5
Everything Paul has written in Galatians 6 comes back to one thing: love. Restore gently because you love. Carry burdens because you love. Stay humble because you love. Keep doing good because you love. Jesus said it plainly. By this, everyone will know that you are His disciples: if you love one another. Not by your theology alone. Not by your attendance or your giving or your knowledge of Scripture. By your love.
This is what makes the church different. Not a perfect community, but a community that keeps choosing each other. A community that runs toward the fallen, shares the heavy loads, checks its own pride, and keeps sowing good seeds even when no one is watching. Think of this passage like something that has been passed down through generations of believers, each one living it out and handing it to the next. You are part of that story. The way you love your community right now is part of a legacy that stretches back two thousand years and forward into eternity. You do not have to be perfect to love well. You just have to be willing. Willing to show up, to be humble, to keep going even when it is hard. That is the mark of a disciple. That is what the world is waiting to see.
Bible Verse
'A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.' - John 13:34-35
Reflection Question
If the people around you, both inside and outside the church, were to describe your community based on what they observe, would love be the first word that comes to mind?
Quote
"This is what distinguishes us as disciples of Christ. It is so key. It's this thought. It's love, Love one another."
Prayer
Jesus, make us a people known by our love. Let the way we treat one another reflect Your grace, Your gentleness, and Your relentless pursuit of the lost and the struggling.
