Can you go to church your whole life and still be spiritually dead?
About this episode
This sermon explores the importance of truly abiding in Jesus for spiritual life and genuine love.
I Am, 7 of 7 from April 12 2026 “We wither without Jesus, but His life grows our love.” John 15 by Michael Lockstampfor (@miklocks) SUMMARY This sermon explores Jesus’ teaching in John 15, “I am the vine, you are the branches,” emphasizing that our spiritual life depends entirely on truly abiding in Him. Pastor Michael challenges listeners to move beyond superficial Christianity to genuine obedience to Jesus’ command to love, highlighting that Jesus transforms us from enemies to friends and that we cannot manufacture this love ourselves, but instead it is produced as Christ’s own life flows through us while we remain connected to Him. REFLECTION & DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 💬 Are we attached to Jesus or just in contact with Him? 💬 What does our worst relationship tell us about our heart towards God? 💬 What resources are we asking Jesus for? ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 📝 Sermon Notes for this message 💾 Download a transcript of this message 📰 Blog Summary for this message 🖼️ Sermon Slides 🗫 Download a Gathering Guide for this message Readings 📖 Read John 15:1-6 📖 Read John 15:7-12 📖 Read John 15:13-17 LINKS Visit our Website Download our App! ( Apple ) ( Android ) Donate Podcast…
People in this episode
Host: Michael Lockstampfor
Topics covered
- spiritual life
- abiding in Jesus
- superficial Christianity
- genuine obedience
- love
- transformation
Keywords
- spirituality
- Christianity
- Jesus
- love
- abiding
- transformation
- obedience
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: John 15
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