LOVING DIFFICULT PEOPLE
LOVING DIFFICULT PEOPLE
The People Experiment - Part 3 | October 17‑18, 2026
Stephen Radie | sradie@westsidemail.com
1. Love RECEIVED Changes Me
7 Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the very beginning. This old commandment—to love one another—is the same message you heard before. 8 Yet it is also new. Jesus lived the truth of this commandment, and you also are living it. For the darkness is disappearing, and the true light is already shining.
1 John 2:7-8
2. Love Given REVEALS Me
9 If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is still living in darkness. 10 Anyone who loves a fellow believer is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble.
1 John 2:9-10
Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.
John 13:35
3. Love WITHHELD Blinds Me
But anyone who hates a fellow believer is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness.
1 John 2:11
The people we avoid often reveal the places where God still wants to grow us.
THE EXPERIMENT…
Where are you now?
What do you want to change?
What could you try?
DIGGING DEEPER: For personal or group discovery
Read Luke 10:25–37 out loud. Then retell the passage in your own words. Then discuss the following questions:
What does this passage teach us about God?
What does this passage teach us about people?
If this is true, what should I do in response?
Who could I share this with?
