1. Love is from God
(1 John 4:7-21)

2. is always behaviourally demonstrated
How to know if love is for real?
True love
is always behaviourally
demonstrated

3. Love is a verb “Love Chapter” 1 Corinthians 13
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 2 3 4 5 6
Love is a verb 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

4. … and it has been actively demonstrated

5. 1 John 4
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

6. Love is being passionate for the well-being of others

7. 3 Proofs of God’s Love for us:
1 John 4
9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
(1) God’s love caused the
mission of sending His Son

8. 3 Proofs of God’s Love for us:
1 John 4
9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
(2) Notice who God sent and
the purpose of His mission

9. 3 Proofs of God’s Love for us:
1 John 4
9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
(3) God’s love is demonstrated
by its cost!

11. God loves you, and is passionate for your well-being.

12. 1 John 4
11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.