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Sermon: Love -- The Only Absolute Commandment
Downloadable sermon on 1 John 4:7-21 for Easter 5, Cycle B
By: John T. Ball
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Love is central to the New Testament message. Jesus called his followers to practice love. Paul said love is the single indispensable ingredient of the Christian life. That great theological summary of the gospel in the work of John declares, "God so loved the world that he sent his only Son into the world so that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). Similarly, our text from 1 John joins in this call to love, for love is the vital matter of Christian life and living.

Yet, love is a difficult way to live. Jesus on the cross makes this clear. Serious Christians conclude quickly that love is not an easy thing. There is an organization helping parents dealing with difficult sons and daughters called, "Tough Love." Tough Love helps these parents who have children bent on destroying themselves and all that love them. Instead of rescuing these sons and daughters from the results of their destructive behavior, they love in a "tough" way. Tough Love parents will not allow a drug-addicted child to return to the family circle until they change their behavior. Tough Love parents will not bail their children out of jail. Tough Love does not loan money to abusive children nor allow them to con their siblings into assisting their destructive ways. All this approach goes against the normal sense of how parents act. Tough Love joins with other parents in similar situations to find the strength to love in this way. While something of a last resort, this strange way of loving is effective with many at-risk sons and daughters. It is tough -- but it is love.

John T. Ball has served numerous United Methodist congregations throughout western Ohio. A graduate of Ohio State University and Boston University School of Theology, he has had articles published in Circuit Rider, Christian Ministry, and Emphasis. Ball is the author of Barefoot In The Palace (CSS).

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