Keltys Worship Service, September 13, 2026

Pastor Chris Taylor

Series Title: Why We Gather

Text: 1 John 4:12

Title: We Gather To Show the Gospel!

Big Idea: Our love for one another is evidential, intended, and apologetic.

John 1:18 –  No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.

1 John 4:12 –  No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

Why does God make Himself known?

See Exodus 3:5; Psalm 19:14; Matthew 28:17-20

1. Our love for one another is ____________ of the gospel’s work in our lives.

See Ephesians 1:13-14; Hebrews 10:24-25

2. Our love for one another is the intended ________ of the gospel’s work in our lives.

See John 13:34-35

3. Our love for one another is a _________ of the authenticity of the gospel and the reality of God.

See John 13:35; John 17:23

Examples of loving one another in order to show the gospel: