Love One Another | Pastor Mike Hess

About this episode

Pastor Mike Hess discusses the call to holiness through God's love and the importance of loving difficult people as a test of discipleship.

Christians are called to holiness, which fundamentally means being filled with God's perfect love. Peter's instruction to 'gird up the loins of your mind' calls us to prepare mentally for spiritual warfare against modern distractions that pull us from God. True holiness isn't about following rules but allowing God's love to transform our hearts like a cover crop that chokes out weeds. Jesus demonstrated perfect love by loving enemies and blessing those who curse us. The ultimate test of discipleship is how we love difficult people, not just those who are easy to love. As Christ's return approaches, we must examine our hearts for any hatred or unforgiveness toward others, because we cannot truly love God while harboring negative feelings toward people we can see.

People in this episode

Host: Pastor Mike Hess

Topics covered

• holiness
• God's love
• spiritual warfare
• discipleship
• forgiveness
• love for enemies

Keywords

• holiness
• God's love
• spiritual warfare
• forgiveness
• discipleship
• love one another

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