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“It’s All about Love!” part 1 of a 7 week series
Dr. Scott E. Koenigsaecker
I John 4:7-12 & 16 ~ September 19, 2010
Introduction
A. What is your dominate life principle?
B. What does the Bible say should be our life principle?
• "Let love by your greatest aim."
I Corinthians 14:1
• "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and all your soul, and all your mind and all your strength. And love your neighbor as yourself. There are no commands more important than these."
Mark 12:30-31
• "Everything you do must be done with love."
I Corinthians 16:14
I. FIRST THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE LOVE BECAUSE GOD LOVES US.
A. God is the source of love in our universe and in our lives.
"Love comes from God for God is love." I John 4:7-8
"We love because God first loved us." I John 4:19
B. The realization that God truly loves us is very freeing.
C. People can't share a love they don't have.
• "We know and rely on the love God has for us."
I John 4:16
II. SECONDLY, THE BIBLE STATES THAT LOVE IS A CHOICE.
A. The decision to love is up to us;
• like the choice to love God.
"Choose to love the Lord your God…and commit yourself to Him." Deuteronomy 30:20
B. "How we operate as loving people, and who we love, will make a great difference in the course of our lives."
Psychologist Dr. John Townsend
C. Our choice is a matter of commitment.
III. THIRDLY, LOVE IS AN ACTION, NOT JUST AN EMOTION.
A. Love is more than mere attraction or arousal and more than sentiment.
"Let us love not with words or tongue but with action and in truth." I John 3:18
B. Love is something we do.
IV. LOVE IS ALSO A SKILL THAT WE CAN LEARN.
A. Loving is something we can get good at.
"Dear friends let us practice loving each other…."
I John 4:7
"Practice these things and devote yourself to them in order that your progress man be seen by all."
I Timothy 4:15
• "Loving people are growing people."
Dr. John Townsend
B. Over time love will become our habit.
"Continue to love each other with true Christian love." Hebrews 13:1
CONCLUSION
How are you doing at truly loving those around you?
“Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” John 13:35
Dr. Scott E. Koenigsaecker
I John 4:7-12 & 16 ~ September 19, 2010
Introduction
A. What is your dominate life principle?
B. What does the Bible say should be our life principle?
• "Let love by your greatest aim."
I Corinthians 14:1
• "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and all your soul, and all your mind and all your strength. And love your neighbor as yourself. There are no commands more important than these."
Mark 12:30-31
• "Everything you do must be done with love."
I Corinthians 16:14
I. FIRST THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE LOVE BECAUSE GOD LOVES US.
A. God is the source of love in our universe and in our lives.
"Love comes from God for God is love." I John 4:7-8
"We love because God first loved us." I John 4:19
B. The realization that God truly loves us is very freeing.
C. People can't share a love they don't have.
• "We know and rely on the love God has for us."
I John 4:16
II. SECONDLY, THE BIBLE STATES THAT LOVE IS A CHOICE.
A. The decision to love is up to us;
• like the choice to love God.
"Choose to love the Lord your God…and commit yourself to Him." Deuteronomy 30:20
B. "How we operate as loving people, and who we love, will make a great difference in the course of our lives."
Psychologist Dr. John Townsend
C. Our choice is a matter of commitment.
III. THIRDLY, LOVE IS AN ACTION, NOT JUST AN EMOTION.
A. Love is more than mere attraction or arousal and more than sentiment.
"Let us love not with words or tongue but with action and in truth." I John 3:18
B. Love is something we do.
IV. LOVE IS ALSO A SKILL THAT WE CAN LEARN.
A. Loving is something we can get good at.
"Dear friends let us practice loving each other…."
I John 4:7
"Practice these things and devote yourself to them in order that your progress man be seen by all."
I Timothy 4:15
• "Loving people are growing people."
Dr. John Townsend
B. Over time love will become our habit.
"Continue to love each other with true Christian love." Hebrews 13:1
CONCLUSION
How are you doing at truly loving those around you?
“Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” John 13:35