Teaching Outline: Missing the point 1 Corinthians 13:1-2 1If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.   ARE WE MISSING THE POINT? Do you live by an agenda? For many of us our agendas have become the driving force in our life. In the book of John Jesus makes it clear that there is one thing that should set us apart from an  world. God’s agenda is really simple: And we have simply made a mess of it. WE ARE REALLY GIFTED AT MISSING THE POINT   John 13:6-8 6He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”7Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”8“No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.” Peter is making some great theological points to the master: He has a great agenda for the Lord John 13:34-35    NI ME  Version John 13:33-35  NIV 34“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”  Jackie Pullinger   Chasing the dragon “Before the great commission Jesus gives his disciple a new commandment”   The first disciples of Jesus were known by the pagan world for one distinguishing mark: The love care and concern they had for one another.    Tertullian  Christian Historian 160-225 AD Vide, inquiunt, ut se diligunt; et pro alterutro mori parati sunt.    Emperor Julian,  Roman emperor 361   Sheperd of Hermes   AD 100   Two distinct ways we grieve the Holy Spirit today.   1. Failing to fellowship with the Holy Spirit first and foremost   This directly affects our intimacy with one another   2. Failing the new commandment to love one another sacrificially    Application