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If we do not love others, we are proved to be illegitimate
children.
We love because we are loved.
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a. Atheism and the natural man. |
It is pitiful to live even part of our
lives for others if not for Christ.
| b. The example of love,
Jesus |
There is someone who has selflessly
given and we have to wonder why.
We belong to Him. What now?
One path is our way, the way that in the end leads nowhere. The other is Jesus, the Way.
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selfish |
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"Anyone, then, who
knows the good he ought to do
and doesn't do it, sins."
James 4:17 |
| e. The progression of love |
Our action of love is a natural
response to the love we have been given. |
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4. JESUS SUMS UP THE ENTIRE LAW WITH LOVE!
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Are we thinking and living as if Jesus
is Lord and in charge?
Ask yourself, is what is important to
God, important to me?
It is hard because loving God is in
conflict with loving ourselves.
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5. ALL ABOUT LOVE (1 JOHN 4)
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Whoever does not love
does not know God, because God is love.
Whoever loves God must also love his
brother.
a) Source:
b) Demonstration:
c) Commands:
d) Reason:
e) Test
of adoption:
We show the legitimacy of the work
of God's love in our lives by showing love to others.
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6. HOW DO WE SHARE GOD'S LOVE
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| a. Love defined in I
Corinthians 13 |
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Because we were loved first.
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It is all-encompassing.
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The entire law is summed up in
a single command:
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An emphasis on the poor
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Loving others
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Loving enemies
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Again: Your attitude
should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
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The attitude is clearly one of setting
aside the comfort of what is best for us, and to be willing to give it all up.
This should bring us to our
knees before God
admitting that we are seldom
able to love right.
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