1. God Is Love
“God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.”
I John 4:16
Love is an innate characteristic of God. Love is His nature. So we must learn to love, we must grow in love for God is Love!
In the book of I John, John emphasizes God’s love. He shows us God’s love and how we should respond to His love.

2. Because of God’s Love… He Sent His Son!
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
John 3:16

3. Because of God’s Love… He Sent His Son!
“In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”
I John 4:9-10

4. Because of God’s Love… We Love Him!
“We love Him because He first loved us.”
I John 4:19

5. Because of God’s Love… We Love Our Brother!
“If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.”
I John 4:20-21

6. We Keep His Commandments!
Because of God’s Love…
We Keep His Commandments!
“Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.”
I John 2:3-5

7. Because of God’s Love… What Is Your Response?
“He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.”
I John 4:8
“God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.”
I John 4:16

8. Because of God’s Love… What Is Your Response?
“If ye love me, keep my commandments.”
John 14:15
“He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned .”
Mark 16:16

9. Because of God’s Love…
Will You Follow Him?

10. Bob Gard – Hollister, Missouri church of Christ www
Bob Gard – Hollister, Missouri church of Christ Adapted from lesson by Roy Davison October 2009