Belief Enables Love

1 JOHN 1:1-4 FELLOWSHIP AND JOYFUL CONFIDENCE ARE THE RESULTS OF RIGHT BELIEF ABOUT JESUS. 1 JOHN 1:5-2:2 WE ARE SINNERS AND JESUS IS THE SOLUTION TO OUR SIN— FOR SALVATION AND RIGHTEOUS LIVING! 1 JOHN 2:3-17 Obeying God And Loving One Another Reveal A Right Relationship With God. 1 JOHN 2:18-27 FAITHFULLY BELIEVING THE GOSPEL TRUTH REVEALED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT REVEALS MY FAITH. OUR RESPONSIBILITY: IDENTIFY LIES, BELIEVE TRUTH, REST IN THE HOLY SPIRITS WORK IN OUR HEARTS. 1 JOHN 2:28-3:3 CONFIDENCE IN OUR FUTURE STANDING BEFORE GOD, GOD’S LOVE, AND OUR FUTURE COMPLETE SANCTIFICATION SHOULD MOTIVATE US TO RIGHTEOUS LIVING TODAY. I JOHN 3:4-10 DON’T BE DECEIVED ABOUT THE NATURE OF SIN AND ITS LACK OF POWER OVER YOU. 1 JOHN 3:11-18 WE MUST REVEAL THE LOVE OF GOD BY LOVING OTHER BELIEVERS GENUINELY THROUGH EVERYDAY ACTIONS. 1 JOHN 3:19-24 WHEN YOUR HEART IS OVERWHELMED BY DOUBT, REST IN THE CHARACTER AND WORK OF GOD ALLOWING DOUBT TO TURN INTO TRUST YOU ACT UPON! 1 JOHN 4:1-6 DISCERN FALSE TEACHING— THE CONTENT OF TEACHING REVEALS THE SOURCE OF TEACHING. 1 JOHN 4:7-21 WE LOVE FELLOW BELIEVERS BY FULLY UNDERSTANDING THE LOVE OF GOD AND CHOOSING TO LOVE OTHERS IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE LOVE OF GOD. Belief Enables Love 1 JOHN 5:1-5 BELIEF ENABLES LOVE 1. Believing Jesus is the Messiah gives salvation. 1a 2. Loving God who gives salvation should lead to loving other believers. 1b 3. The best way to love others is to love God and keep his commandments. 2-3 4. Faith in Jesus Christ gives victory over the world. 4-5 FOLLOW THE ARGUMENT  Belief results in salvation.  Salvation should result in obeying and loving God.  Obeying and loving God should result in loving believers.  Loving believers is only possible by overcoming the world.  Overcoming the world is available to those who believe. GOD’S WORK IN THE LIFE OF BELIEVERS ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE VICTORY OVER THIS WORLD’S SELFISH VALUES ENABLING BELIEVERS TO LOVE OTHERS. I NEED GOD’S TRANSFORMING POWER TO LOVE OTHERS GIVING VICTORY OVER THIS WORLD’S VALUES. LOVE OTHERS THROUGH GOD’S TRANSFORMING POWER! APPLICATION 1. Grow in your understanding of sanctification. We must understand God’s power in our life over sin and this world. 2. Trying to love others on our own is futility. APPLICATION 3. Selfish ambition of the world is only overcome through the work of God through the Holy Spirit. First fruit of the Spirit listed—love! 4. When I struggle with loving others, I must bring it back to my relationship with God. My relationship with others is rooted in my relationship with God. LOVE OTHERS THROUGH GOD’S TRANSFORMING POWER!