Bloom: Everything You Need | Week 4 | To Knowledge Add Self-Control

Bloom: Everything You Need | Week 8 | To Mutual Affection Add Love

In this sermon, Aaron is closing out our Bloom series by looking at the different definitions of the word “love” from the original language of scripture. He focuses on “Agape” love and how we the church are to demonstrate that. Bloom recap scripture: 2 Peter 1:1-7 [https://ref.ly/2%20Pet%201.1-7;esv?t=biblia] > For this very reason, make every effort to to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.  2 Peter 1:5-7 [https://ref.ly/2%20Pet%201.5-7;esv?t=biblia] Types of love: * Eros = Romantic love * Storge = Familial love * Phileo = Brotherly love * Agape = selfless, unwavering, unconditional, love of God Biblical description of Agape: * 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 [https://ref.ly/1%20Cor%2013.1-3;esv?t=biblia] * 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a [https://ref.ly/1%20Cor%2013.4-8a;esv?t=biblia] Example of Agape love: Jesus washes His disciples’ feet Ultimate scripture for Agape love: > For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  John 3:16 [https://ref.ly/John%203.16;esv?t=biblia]

Bloom: Everything You Need | Week 7 | To Godliness Add Mutual Affection

> 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection…2 Peter 1:5–7 (NIV) philadelphia =  the love of brothers, brotherly love God’s plan for your transformation is through a faith community > 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Romans 12:10 (NIV)22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. 1 Peter 1:22 (NIV) Go small Go strong > 33 Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” c 34 Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame. 1 Corinthians 15:33-34 (NIV)

Bloom: Everything You Need | Week 6 | To Perseverance Add Godliness

> 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness… 2 Peter 1:5–6 (NIV) * Godliness = eusebeia * Good + Worship/devout/God-fearing * Secular life * Sacred life > For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 1 Thessalonians 4:7 (NIV) Godliness is when every part of your life is sacred What needs to be made pure for God in your life?

Bloom: Everything You Need | Week 5 | To Self-Control Add Perseverance

> 22 Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water. 23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah. c) 24 So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?” Exodus 15:22–24 (NIV) [https://ref.ly/Exod%2015.22%E2%80%9324;niv?t=biblia] > > 27 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water. Exodus 15:27 (NIV) [https://ref.ly/Exod%2015.27;niv?t=biblia] > > 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance… 2 Peter 1:5-6 (NIV) [https://ref.ly/2%20Pet%201.5-6;niv?t=biblia] Perseverance = Hupomone Hupo = Under Mone = Stay Stay the right course under pressure  > 2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:2-4 (NASB) [https://ref.ly/James%201.2-4;nasb95?t=biblia] In your walk of faith, where do you need to persevere?

Bloom: Everything You Need | Week 4 | To Knowledge Add Self-Control

> 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control… 2 Peter 1:5–6 (NIV) Self control = Egkrateia To hold, to grip, to have power over Mastery over your appetites, impulses and desires Who is your master? How does Jesus become master of your soul? * Faith * Goodness * Knowledge * Self control * Fasting  Be held close in love so as to be held accountable in love Be like Joseph > 6 So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph’s care; with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, 7 and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me!” 8 But he refused. “With me in charge,” he told her, “my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care. 9 No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?” 10 And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her. Genesis 39:6-10 (NIV)