2. 4 Lessons about Love

3. Love
1.) The Love of God

4. The Love of God God is Love I John 4:7-11 – “for God is love”
John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world”

5. The Love of God God’s Desire
I Timothy 2:3-4 – “who desires all men to be saved”
II Peter 3:9 – “not willing that any should perish”

6. The Love of God Luke 15:11-24 – The Parable of the Lost Son
(20) – “a great way off, his father saw him”
(20) – “had compassion, and ran”
(22) – “bring out the best robe”
(24) – “by son was dead and is alive again”

7. Love
1.) The Love of God
2.) The Love of Christ

8. The Love of Christ His Purpose for Coming
Matthew 1:21 – “He will save His people from their sins”
Luke 19:10 – “to seek and to save that which was lost”

9. The Love of Christ The Suffering He Endured for Us
The Price He Had to Pay
Romans 5:6-9 – “Christ died for us”
The Suffering He Endured for Us
Matthew 27:27-50

10. The Love of Christ His Mindset
Luke 23:34 –“Father forgive them, for they do not know what they do”

11. Love
1.) The Love of God
2.) The Love of Christ
3.) My Love for God

12. My Love for God To love God is the greatest commandment
Mt 22:34-38 – “This is the first and great commandment”

13. My Love for God How are we to return love to God?
I John 5:3 – “we keep His commandments”
II John 6 – “we walk according to His commandments”

14. My Love for God Follow the Example of Christ
Matthew 26:36-42 – “not as I will, but as You will”
Philippians 2:5-8 – “obedient to the point of death”

15. Love 1.) The Love of God 2.) The Love of Christ 3.) My Love for God
4.) My Love for Others

16. My Love for Others Second Command:
Matthew 22:37-39 – “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”
I John 4:7-8 – “He who does not love does not know God”
James 1:27 – “Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this”

17. My Love for Others Our Desire to Help Others in Need
I John 3:17-18 – “let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth”
James 2:15-16 – “What does it profit?”

18. My Love for Others The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Luke 10:25-37 – “Go and do likewise”