1. How Much We Love God

2. John 5:39-42 39 You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. 40 But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. 41 “I do not receive honor from men. 42 But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you.

3. Matthew 22:35-38 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37 Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment.

4. We Can Measure Our Love for God Reverence for God Reverence for God

5. Reverence for God Psalm 111:9 He has sent redemption to His people; He has commanded His covenant forever: Holy and awesome is His name. Psalm 139:7-9 7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? 8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

6. Reverence for God Romans 11:22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. Matthew 10:28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

7. We Can Measure Our Love for God Reverence for God Reverence for God Attitude toward sin Attitude toward sin

8. Attitude Toward Sin Psalm 5:4-5 For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You. 5 The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity. Romans 12:9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.

9. Attitude Toward Sin 1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from every form of evil. Psalm 119:104 Through Your precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way.

10. We Can Measure Our Love for God Reverence for God Reverence for God Attitude toward sin Attitude toward sin Gratitude for blessings Gratitude for blessings

11. Gratitude for Blessings James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12. Gratitude for Blessings Psalm 103:1-2 1 Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

13. We Can Measure Our Love for God Reverence for God Reverence for God Attitude toward sin Attitude toward sin Gratitude for blessings Gratitude for blessings Respect for His Word Respect for His Word

14. Respect for His Word Isaiah 55:8-11 Psalm 119:129-136 Isaiah 66:2 Isaiah 66:2 “ But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word.

15. We Can Measure Our Love for God Reverence for God Reverence for God Attitude toward sin Attitude toward sin Gratitude for blessings Gratitude for blessings Respect for His Word Respect for His Word Regard for His people Regard for His people

16. Regard for His People Romans 12:9-10 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. 10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; 1 Peter 1:22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, John 15:12-13, 17 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. …17 These things I command you, that you love one another.

17. Regard for His People 1 John 3:17-18 But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 1 John 4:20 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?

18. We Can Measure Our Love for God Reverence for God Reverence for God Attitude toward sin Attitude toward sin Gratitude for blessings Gratitude for blessings Respect for His Word Respect for His Word Regard for His people Regard for His people Attitude toward worship and work Attitude toward worship and work

19. Attitude toward worship and work Psalm 122:1 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the house of the LORD.” cf. John 4:24 1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

20. Attitude toward worship and work Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; James 1:25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.

21. We Can Measure Our Love for God Reverence for God Reverence for God Attitude toward sin Attitude toward sin Gratitude for blessings Gratitude for blessings Respect for His Word Respect for His Word Regard for His people Regard for His people Attitude toward worship and work Attitude toward worship and work

22. It all boils down to this: John 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. John 14:21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.” 1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. 1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments.

23. Be Saved Today! Believe – John 8:24 Believe – John 8:24 Repent – Luke 13:3 Repent – Luke 13:3 Confess – Matthew 10:32-33 Confess – Matthew 10:32-33 Be Baptized – Mark 16:16 Be Baptized – Mark 16:16 Be Faithful – Revelation 2:10 Be Faithful – Revelation 2:10