The World expects both progress AND perfection at the same time.

What Jesus expects from those who follow Him is progress TOWARDS perfection.

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” —John 13:35 NIV

Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. —John 14:23 NIV

Treating people

is critical to

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Jesus.

Think about a specific relationship that could use some repair.

Repairing a relationship is NOT intuitive.

The C4 Approach to Relationships:

C

C

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C

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C

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The goal

reconciliation,
BECAUSE
agenda’s ensure broken relationships

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broken.

The goal is

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.

Reconciliation:
The restoration of friendly relations

katallassó (kat-al-las’-so)
Original Word: καταλλάσσω
Definition: to reconcile, to change, exchange, the word implies a completely new relationship

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. —Romans 5:8 NIV

¹⁴For Christ’s love compels us, …

¹⁸All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: ¹⁹that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. ²⁰We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. —2 Corinthians 5: 14, 18-20 NIV

is only half the equation.

9“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. … 12My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. —John 15:9, 12 NIV

We can

from a distance, but we can’t

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from there.

What is stopping me? Really?