What If? – Part 4: Love Like Jesus
1 John 4:7-12
Series Memory Verse: “…Lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God.” Ephesians 4:1 (p.896)
“Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.” 1 John 4:7 (p.943)
Storge: natural, familial love.
Phileo: friendship, a deep bond between equals.
Eros: romantic, passionate sexual love.
Agape: divine, unconditional, selfless, and sacrificial.
- I Will Love Like Jesus (Agape)
“This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.” 1 John 4:10 (p.943)
- Remember where love comes from.
“Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.” 1 John 4:7 (p.943)
- See others the way God sees them.
“No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.” 1 John 4:12 (p.943)
“For we are God’s Masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” Ephesians 2:10 (p.896)
- Make God’s love visible.
“God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.” 1 John 4:9 (p.943)
“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 (p.811)
“We love each other because he loved us first.” 1 John 4:19 (p.943)
My Next Step This Week:
- I know I need to __________ to love others like Jesus loves.
- I will make God’s love visible by inviting someone to join me next weekend for the Easter service.