Bible Readings:
John 3:1-21
1 John 4:7-5:5
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Sermon Outline:
1 John 4:7–11 (NKJV)
7Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
8He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
9In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.
10In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
I God is love
II The manifestation of the love of God toward us
III Reject or receive the love of God
God’s love is a free love,
Thomas Brooks
having no motive or foundation but within itself.
The only ground of God’s love is his love.
Thomas Brooks
God loves us;
C. S. Lewis
not because we are loveable but because he is love;
not because he needs to receive but because he delights to give.