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John uses the term LOVE nearly 30 times in the verses we just read.
Johnny Lee “Looking for Love” (1980)
Well, I've spent a lifetime lookin' for you;
singles bars and good time lovers were never true.
Playin' a fools game hopin' to win;
and tellin' those sweet lies and losin' again.
I was lookin' for love in all the wrong places,
Lookin' for love in too many faces,
searchin' their eyes and lookin' for traces
of what I'm dreamin' of.
Hopin' to find a friend and a lover;
I'll bless the day I discover
another heart lookin' for love.
We cannot fully understand how to love or how love affects our lives if we don’t understand the nature of love
EXAMPLE: My neighbor has been trying to grow a banana tree for 2 years now.
This is what we all are looking for “Perfect Love”
You have to know where a banana tree comes from and what is needs to survive in order to be successful in growing one.
But what is it?
You can just plant a banana in the ground and expect it will grow.
The SOURCE and SUBSTANCE of Love
God DESIGNED love
Love comes from God
What we know about love originated from God.
John is not talking only about romantic love, but all forms of love.
Our ability to love comes from God.
The way we love comes from God
Not from
God DEFINES Love
God is the definition of Love
God is love
When you look up the definition of love in the dictionary is should simply state “GOD”
The love I have for my wife reflects the nature of God
The love we have for our kids reflects the nature of God
Love is a characteristic of who God is as blue eyes and impatient are characteristics of who I am.
The GREATEST EXPRESSION of Love
1 jn 4 9-
The Gospel is the benchmark of love.
The gospel speaks love in to our brokenness
- someone has hurt you
- someone has rejected you
- someone has cursed you
- your body is broken
- your spirit is crushed
- the things you find joy in are lost
The gospel speaks love into each and every broken place in our lives.
It it the benchmark and the standard all love is measured by.
The life, death and resurrection of Jesus is the clearest and most amazing manifestation love in history.
There is nothing to fear in this love, not even death.
The life, death and resurrection of Jesus is the clearest and most amazing manifestation love in history.
It is the benchmark that all forms of love we have known or experience should be judged by.
Michael Jordan argument- all players past, present and future will be judged based on how close they are to Jordan.
Romans 5:
The TRANSFORMATIONAL POWER of Love
1 jn
1 jn 4
The word “Ought” sounds like a requirement we have to follow
But John means ought more like “apple tree OUGHT to grow apples”
“Chocolate cake OUGHT to be sweet”
“Fire OUGHT to be hot”
The love of God transforms our nature.
those born of God are defined by love.
You look like and act like your daddy!
If you KNOW God then you will
Love is as much a sign of Christian authenticity as is righteousness, obedience, or discipline.
You can follow every command Jesus made and memorized the whole bible, but if your heart isn’t drawn toward love then you are not a Christian.
If you know God then you KNOW LOVE
If you KNOW God then you know love and LOVE will FLOW from you.
If you know God then you love love and this LOVE will CAST OUR FEAR
Your own fear of what others think, what the future hold, your failures
It allows you to live with confidence that flows into how you treat others
It allows you to live and love with a certain posture...
The POSTURE of Love
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John contrast love and fear.
“Perfect love” is not love that is without flaws, it is FULL, COMPLETE, FINISHED, love.
It is love to the UTTERMOST
and it is a love that leaves NO FEAR of losing it, not getting enough of it, or it not being safe and secure enough.
Receiving the love of God allows us to stand CONFIDENT because true, God-given, love casts out fear.
It destroys it.
We live with fear
Fear of the unknown
Fear of failure
Fear of lonliness
Fear of death
Fear of rejection
Fear of being FOUND OUT
BUT LOVE CASTS OUR FEAR
We are those LOVED BY GOD
We can go to God with confidence that His love casts out our fear.
Regardless of what tomorrow brings
Regardless of what others think
Regardless of the struggles life brings
GOD LOVE ME and I have NO REASON TO FEAR.
And when we live in that identity we are the bearers of good news of great love.
We love because He loved
Our love should lead to freedom, hope, joy, confidence, faith, and security.
this statement comes after He washes the disciples feet
That is the posture of Love.
Our love is a beacon of Hope
It is a Light on a Hill
Matt 5:
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