1 John 1:1-3:10…The epistle takes a shift if focus: from LIGHT to LOVE.
1. LOVE IS NOT…
1 John 3:11-15
See Genesis 4:2-8; Matthew 5:21-26
2. LOVE IS…
1 John 3:16
See Romans 5:8; 6:23; 10:13; 1 Timothy 1:15-17
Love is JESUS! And we ought to love like that….
See John 13:34; Romans 12:10; 13:8; Galatians 5:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:9
3. LOVE ACTS/DOES
1 John 3:17-18
Love is a verb.
See Mark 12:30-31; Galatians 6:10; James 2:15-16
As Christians, WE KNOW…
- LOVE IS NOT defined on the world’s terms!
- LOVE IS expressed perfectly in Jesus!
- LOVE DOES more than love talks!