1 John | A Series About Abiding in Christ – Love. Yes, Again!

1 John 4:7-21

1 Corinthians 13:1-3

Genuine Christian love is irreducibly simple and yet inimitably foreign and thus we must keep coming back to reflect on and examine it in ourselves.

Matthew 24:3-5, 12-13 // Revelation 2:1-5

Love begins with a doctrine (The Truth of who God is)

Acts 14:16-17

It produces delight (Joy in what He has done)

1 Peter 1:8 

And, leads to devotion (Commitment to live to show and tell others)

John 15:10-12

“Love is the overflow and expansion of joy in God, which gladly meets the needs of others… It is first a deeply satisfying experience of the fullness of God’s grace, and then a doubly satisfying experience of extending this joy in God to another person.” — John Piper

Just as God has drawn us into the pre-existent love that He had in Himself; we too now live to draw others into the love of God we have for Him and one another.

Luke 7:36-47

[Love for God and love for people is most clearly seen when we love people by telling them about the love of God!]

Our participation with God in His loving initiative to draw His people to Himself is a crucial, ongoing means by which our salvation is bolstered and our fear of judgment is eliminated.

2 Timothy 1:7-12