1. You Know What Is Important To Someone By … … Money … Time … Talk

2. Important In 1 John Use of ‘love’ Three passages 1 John 4:7-12 –‘–‘love’ –‘–‘love one another’ - - Most intense passage on ‘love one another’ TT hree Reasons Why You Should Love One Another, or Why Those Loved of God Should Love One Another

3. I. We Should Love One Another Because God Is Love 7, 8 A.Emphasis B.Love is of God 7 C.God is love 8 1 st Reason we should love one another is because love is the eternal nature of God.

4. II. We Should Love One Another Because God Loves Us 9-11 A.Manifestation of God’s love… 9 B.Propitiation for our sins … 10 C.If God so loved us … 11 2 nd Reason we should love one another is because God sent His only Son to die for our sins to show His love for us [you, me, and one another].

5. III. We Should Love One Another Because God’s Love Is Seen In Our Love 12 A.No one has seen God 12a B.God is ‘seen’ if we love 12b 3 rd Reason we should love one another is because this is how God may be ‘seen’ in the world.

6. Love One Another It Is Important