Pelham Road Christian Fellowship
1 John 4:7-12
1 John 4:7-12 NIV
Introduction:
Why should I love other people?
Isn’t loving my dog enough?
I. WHAT IS MY REASON TO LOVE?
A. Why do I love something?
B. What is the reason I am to love others?
…love comes from God
1 John 4:7b NIV
C. God has given me the command to love others like He loved me
II. WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE OF LOVE?
A. Have you ever seen love?
B. What is the evidence of God’s love?
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 4:9, 10 NIV
C. What is the evidence of God in me?
III. HOW IS LOVE COMPLETE?
A. God lives in me!
Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1John 4:7 NIV
B. God’s love is made complete
C. It’s completeness is known as it is given away.
D. Love (1 Cor. 13) is complete in us as we love others
Conclusion:
God loved me so much that He gave me Jesus!
Am I loving other people like God loved me?
What must I change in my life in order to love others?