A Life of Love (1 John 3:14-18)
Gary McManus, 09/22/2019Part of the God's Word is Life series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
September 22, 2019 1 John 3:14-18
Love is complicated. WE are complicated.
We are complicated because we are sinful
human beings.
We were in Genesis 3:7-10 and forever
would be CONFLICTED within ourselves.
We Christians are commanded to love.
(John 13:34-35, 1 John 3:11, 1 John 3:23)
Any questions? Read 1 Corinthians chapter 13. . .
Bible Study: Colossians 3:12-14
Jesus taught that loving like God loves is
key to life, love and happiness—or at least joy.
The Apostle (John) was having trouble with a
church leader. . .Diotrephes. The trouble?
Diatrophes LACKS LOVE. . .
Certainly, wrong teaching destroys fellowship:
we can read all about that in Paul’s letter to
Romans, in 1 Corinthians, and Galatians.
Because wrong teaching brings wrong living / wrong trust.
(John 17:23) See John 21 on Peter.
Love is action even in little things.
THIS is the love that Jesus speaks of—it is the love that Jesus gave. . .In everything Jesus did. . .
each and every one was a loving action.
While Jesus commands love. . .love is commanded because love is life. . .John 3:16: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall
not perish but have eternal life
Love in the New Testament? See John.
Life in the New Testament? See John
1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death to life,
because we love. . .
Dr. Gary Chapman, Love is a Way of Life.
Loving is life in abundance.
Surely you have heard how love or an act of love saved someone’s life—literally.
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers (2005 book)
We need to practice love—we want to practice love at home, at work, at church, at meetings, taking out the trash, shopping and. . .
It means life.
All that Jesus did was for love.
Jesus’ call is to “follow me.”
John 6:33
For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
John 10:10
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy;
I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
Amen.
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