Go Tell It: Love
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Intro- story about the unclaimed inheritance
Intro- story about the unclaimed inheritance
It’s estimated 1 in 7 Americans have an unclaimed inheritance.
Many people do not know they have an unclaimed inheritance because of Jesus.
Many people do not know they have an unclaimed inheritance because of Jesus.
What is love?
The four loves
Storge – empathy bond…affection
Philia – friend bond.
Eros – romantic love.
Agape – unconditional "God" love.
Agape love
-unconditional love
-sacrificial in nature
-pure and selfless
-Comes from God
If you want to know what love is and does, look at Jesus.
If you want to know what love is and does, look at Jesus.
For things that love does…
Love shows up.
Love shows up.
John
The New International Version (Chapter 1)
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Love doesn’t hold back.
Love doesn’t hold back.
John
The New International Version (Chapter 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. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Love looks to the interest of others.
Love looks to the interest of others.
1 Corinthians
The New International Version (Chapter 13)
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails.
Love does whatever it takes.
Love does whatever it takes.
“That's what love does - it pursues blindly, unflinchingly, and without end. When you go after something you love, you'll do anything it takes to get it, even if it costs everything.” -Bob Goff
John
The New International Version (Chapter 13)
34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
People don’t know about the love of Christ because they haven’t heard it, seen it, or felt it.
People don’t know about the love of Christ because they haven’t heard it, seen it, or felt it.
Loved people, love people.
Loved people, love people.
Tell the story of Mephibosheth
Tell the story of Mephibosheth
2 Samuel 9:1-13
Transition to the candles