1. The Christian Graces Add To Your Faith - Love
2 Pet. 1:5-8; 1 John 4:17-5:3

2. The Importance Of Love We are commanded to love God
God commands us to not only love Him, but also the other children of God - 1 Jn. 4:20-5:1; Jn 13:34-35; Rom. 13:8-10
Notice other reasons that we need to have love for God and others
Love covers a multitude of sins – 1 Pet 4:8
I am “nothing” without love – 1 Cor. 13:2
It is the perfect bond of unity – Col 3:14

3. Because Of Our Love For God We Obey Him
There comes a time when we do things for God out of love and not out of fear
We demonstrate our love for God by being obedient to Him - 1 Jn. 5:2-3; Jn 14:15, 14:23-24, 14:21
If we love God…
We will meet with His church at any opportunity we get so that we can be encouraged to live faithfully - Heb. 10:25
If we love God, we will do anything He asks us to do!
We will teach others about the salvation of God - Mk. 16:16
We will put Him first in our lives - Matt. 6:33
We will study His word - 2 Tim. 2:15

4. We Love God Because He First Loved Us
We can know what love is because God loved us first - 1 Jn 4:16, 19
We know that God loves us because of what He did on the cross - 1 Jn 3:16
The greatest part about this love is that there is nothing that can separate us from His love - Rom. 8:32,

5. God has done His part. Have you done yours?
God's Plan of Salvation
GOD'S PART
The great love of God for man (Jn 3:16)
He gave His Son, Jesus Christ, as the Savior (Lk 19:10)
Sent the Holy Spirit as a guide (Jn 16:13)
Gave the Gospel as "the power" unto salvation (Rom 1:16)
Provided atonement by the blood of Christ (Rom 5:9)
MAN'S PART
Hear the Gospel (Rom 10:17, Jn 8:32)
Believe the Gospel (Heb 11:6, Jn 20:31)
Repent of past sins (Lk 13:3, Acts 17:30)
Confess faith in Jesus Christ (Rom 10:10, Matt 10:32)
Be Baptized (Gal 3:27, Mk 16:16, Acts 2:38)
Be faithful unto death (Rev 2:10)
God has done His part. Have you done yours?