1. Message: The True Fellowship Abides in God’s Love May 5 th, 2013

2. What It Means to Abide  Abide: from Greek word meno  meno: to be in a state that begins and then continues indefinitely.

3. Assurances of Abiding in God’s Love 1) We have received the Holy Spirit of God.

4. Assurances of Abiding in God’s Love 2) We have believed the apostolic testimony that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

5. Assurances of Abiding in God’s Love 3) We have personally confessed that Jesus the Christ is the Son of Almighty God.

6. Assurances of Abiding in God’s Love 4) We know and rely on the love that God has for us.

7. Assurances of Abiding in God’s Love 5) We do not live in fear because we know that God’s love is made complete in us through living in confident faith of his love and this perfect love drives out all fear.

8. Assurances of Abiding in God’s Love 6) We love one another.

9. Your Response  Is the fruit of the Spirit present in you?  Have you believed the testimony of the apostles?  Have you personally confessed Christ as Lord, Savior, God and King?  Are you fully relying on the love of God?  Are you living in fear or in confident hope?  Are you allowing the love of God to flow through you to others?