2. God Jesus Salvation Grace Love

3.  “Eros” – refers to passion; English word “erotic” is derived from this Greek word., It is a base word denoting a passion which is selfishly seeking satisfaction. Not in the NT.  “Storge” – natural affection; it refers to a love which a parent naturally has for his children or any close relation has for another. Romans 12:10  “Phileo” – Friendly Love; it is used to refer to the kind of love that friends who have very much in common have for each other. Brotherly Love, Kindness, Love of the heart. - John 3:35  “Agape” – Love of the Will. Highest form of Love; it speaks of a love that is awakened by a sense of value in an object which causes one to prize it.– (Nothing to do with emotions) – John 3:16

4.  Not a complacent kind of love; Active, Sacrificing. – Romans 5:8 – It was an exercise of the divine will in deliberate choice. (Matt. 5:43-48 Love your Enemies). ◦ It is commanded love. (Gal. 5:22) ◦ Self-sacrificing. ◦ Purposeful. ◦ This is the kind of Love that God commands in Marriage. (Eph. 5:25) But God shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8 RSV)

5.  A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." (John 13:34-35 RSV)

6.  Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God; for God is love. (1 John 4:7-8 RSV)  By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. (1 John 5:2-3 RSV)  Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God; for God is love. (1 John 4:7-8 RSV)  By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. (1 John 5:2-3 RSV)

7.  If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. (1 Corinthians 13:1-3 RSV)

8.  Does not envy  Does not parade itself  Is not puffed up  Does not behave rudely  Does not seek its own  Is not provoked  Thinks no evil  Does not rejoice in iniquity

9.  Suffers long (Long-Tempered)  Is kind  Rejoices in the truth  Bears all things  Believes all things  Hopes all things  Endures all things

10.  Love is Superior  Love Never Ends ◦ Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. (1 Corinthians 13:8 RSV)  Love Abides ◦ And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13 NKJV)

11.  Encouraging the saints at the worship services.  Encourage Brother Ed Smith - Support  Widows: ◦ Christine Fly ◦ Nell Turner ◦ Betty Totty  Send note to brothers/sisters who are sick/struggling  Touch people with the Gospel!  Encouraging the saints at the worship services.  Encourage Brother Ed Smith - Support  Widows: ◦ Christine Fly ◦ Nell Turner ◦ Betty Totty  Send note to brothers/sisters who are sick/struggling  Touch people with the Gospel! As Jesus Does: ◦ See ◦ Accept ◦ Love ◦ Touch As Jesus Does: ◦ See ◦ Accept ◦ Love ◦ Touch  "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?" And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (Matthew 22:36-39 RSV)

12.  Love For God ◦ (1 John 4:19) We love, because he first loved us. (RSV) ◦ (John 14:15) "If you love Me, keep My commandments. (NKJV)  Love for the Brethren ◦ (1 John 3:14) We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. (RSV) ◦ (1 John 4:8) He who does not love does not know God; for God is love. (RSV)

13.  Series from I Corinthians 13 by Mark Copeland.  Information from Jim Deason  “The Greatest of These Is Love” by Steve Higginbotham