Loving Others!1 John 4:7-10

Where dothings start?When it comes

to love, John has a few things to

say!

John teaches more about

love than any other disciple!

God is Love!

1 John 4:7-8“Beloved, let us love one another, for love

is of God; and everyone who loves is

born of God and knows God. He who

does not love does not know God, for God is

love.”

John teachesthat God’s Essence is

Love!

And that the focus of ourLove is to be

Outward!

Matthew 22:37-4037 “Jesus said to him,

‘You shall love the Lord your God with all

your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is

the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love

your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and

the Prophets.”

But how do we Get there?

Love ClarifiedThe Standard!

Romans 5:8“But God

demonstrates His own love toward us,

in that while we were still sinners,

Christ died for us.”

G.K. Chesterton said “All [people]

matter. You matter. I matter. It’s the hardest

thing in theology to believe.”

The Signature of our

Transformation....

Love Identified

It’s NotYours to Give!

Colossians 1:27-2827 “To them God

willed to make known what are the riches of the glory

of this mystery among the Gentiles:

…which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28 Him we preach, warning every man and

teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present

every man perfect in Christ Jesus.”

To WhateverExtent We

Love...

Love Exemplified

An Every-Moment

Opportunity!

Ephesians 2:4-54 But God, who is

rich in mercy, because of His great love with

which He loved us, 5 even when we…

were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)

(Ephesians 5:2) “And walk in love, as Christ also has

loved us and given Himself for us, an

offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling

aroma.”

…were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved).

Ephesians 5:2“And walk in love, as Christ also has

loved us and given Himself for us, an

offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling

aroma.”

The Giftof Every

Moment!

Loving Others!1 John 4:7-10