CREATING A CULTURE – LOVE

I JOHN 2:7-8; 3:16-18; 4:7-12,16-17

 

EXPOUNDING JOHN'S FIRST LETTER,

 

KNOWING GOD,

LEARNING TO FOLLOW GOD BEGINS WITH A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM IN CHRIST

 

OBEYING GOD,

CONFORMING TO HIS LIKENESS

 

LOVING GOD,

LOVING LIKE JESUS

 

EXPLORING LOVE IN JOHN'S FIRST LETTER,

 

LOVE DEFINED,

 

WHAT DOES I JOHN SAY ABOUT LOVE;

 

GOD IS LOVE.

LOVE COMES FROM GOD.

JESUS IS GODS’ LOVE SHOWN TO US.

LOVE IS SEEN IN JESUS’ LIFE AND DEATH FOR US.

TO GOD IS TO LOVE HIM.

TO LOVE GOD IS TO LOVE OTHER.

WITHOUT LOVE WE CANNOT KNOW GOD.

 

TO LOVE IS TO BE LIKE JESUS

 

WHAT DID JOHN MEAN WHEN HE SAID,”GOD IS LOVE?”

 

JOHN WAS JEWISH, HIS THOUGHTS ON LOVE WERE

TWO-FOLD;

 

GOD REVEALING HIMSELF TO ISRAEL,

EXODUS 34:5-7,8

 

HESED – COVENANT LOVE, CARRIES THE IDEA OF STEADFASTNESS …

 

A RUGGED COMMITMENT TO ANOTHER …

 

LOVE MODELED, I JN 2:7-8

 

“OLD” DEUT.6:4-5

 

“NEW” JOHN 13:34

 

LOVE COMMANDED, I JN 3:16, 17-18

 

CAVEAT – CHURCH WAS DIVIDED …

 

POINT – STEADFAST LOVE IS THE WAY TO BECOMING LIKE JESUS … 1 JN. 2:6

 

APPLICATION:

 

KNOWING JESUS,

OBEYING JESUS,

LOVING JESUS,

 

THESE ARE INNER CONNECTED REALITIES …