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Lesson 25 of 26 in a series of New Testament Vistas. This sermon on 1 John was presented July 8, 2012, at Palm Desert Church of Christ by Dale Wells.
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New Testament
Vistas
1 John 4:7-11
LOVE ONE ANOTHER
1 John 4:7-8
1 John 4:7-8
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.
Matthew 22:37-40
“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all
your mind. ’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. ’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two
commandments.”
1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest
of these is love.
World’s watered down definition
Sentimentality Good feelings
“Till love does us part”
Hebrews 12:5-6
And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, 6 because the
Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a
son.”
Church does the same thing
We love
• The loveable & likeable
• But not the unlovely
Sin clouds
• Our perception
• Our judgment
LOVE IS DEFINED BY GOD
1 John 4:9-10
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.
Love is defined by God’s action
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world
that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him
shall not perish but have eternal life.
1 John 3:16 “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life
for us.”
1 John 4:10
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he
loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for
our sins.
Romans 3:25-26
God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed
beforehand unpunished – 26 he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time,
so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
Hebrews 9:5, 11, 15
Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover. … 11 When Christ came as high priest … he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made ... 15 … Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may
receive the promised eternal inheritance – now that he has died as a ransom to set them free
from the sins committed under the first covenant.
1 John 3:16-18
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we
ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? 18 Dear children, let us not love with words or
tongue but with actions and in truth.
LOVE AS GOD LOVES
1 John 4:11
1 John 4:11
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love
one another.
Love begins with God
1 John 3:1 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us,
that we should be called children of God! And that is
what we are!
1 John 4:19 We love because he
first loved us.
A command, not a suggestion
If we do not love, we do not know God
• 1 John 4:8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
If we do not know God, we do not have
eternal life
• John 17:3 Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
A command, not a suggestion
If we do not love, we do not know God
• 1 John 4:8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
If we do not know God, we do not have
eternal life
• John 17:3 Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
God’s love flowing through us means
We are obedient
We love our
brothers
We don’t live in sin
We don’t love the
world
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1 John 5:2-3 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3 This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome
God’s love flowing through us means
We are obedient
We love our
brothers
We don’t live in sin
We don’t love the
world
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1 John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death.
God’s love flowing through us means
We are obedient
We love our
brothers
We don’t live in sin
We don’t love the
world
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1 John 3:9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
God’s love flowing through us means
We are obedient
We love our
brothers
We don’t live in sin
We don’t love the
world
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1 John 2: 15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For John all is black and white
You practiceSin Righteousness
You loveWorld Will of God
Your brotherHate Love
You walk in Darkness Light
Your father Satan God
Life isn’t always black and white
1 John 1:8-10 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.
WHAT CAN WE UNDERSTAND?God’s love must flow through us!
What can we understand?
It is not easy Don’t water it down
Do you really love
others?
What can we understand?
It is not easy Don’t water it down
Do you really love
others?
What can we understand?
It is not easy Don’t water it down
Do you really love
others?
WHAT IS AT STAKE?The success of the gospel!