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The Nature of Love

The Nature of Love. agape “Unconquerable benevolence, undefeatable goodwill”. God is love (1 Jno. 4:8). We are compelled to love because God first loved us, 1 Jno. 4:19, 7-8 Motives, character and duration of love, 1 Cor. 13 Devoted action of the will. The Nature of Love.

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The Nature of Love

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  1. The Nature of Love agape “Unconquerable benevolence, undefeatable goodwill”

  2. God is love(1 Jno. 4:8) • We are compelled to love because God first loved us, 1 Jno. 4:19, 7-8 • Motives, character and duration of love, 1 Cor. 13 • Devoted action of the will

  3. The Nature of Love “By this we know love…” (1 Jno. 3:16)

  4. Love is Observable • Love is an action word! Jno. 3:16 • To say we love someone without acting with good will toward that person is not love, 1 Jno. 3:16-18 • “Love unspoken is not love” • Love professed yet not practiced is not love • Husbands, practice your love, Eph. 5:25, 28-29

  5. Love is Sacrificial • Love is not selfish: Giving, not taking, 1 Jno. 4:9-10; 3:16; 1 Cor. 13:5 (3) • Love is willing to be spent in order to help others, 2 Cor. 12:15 • Love incurs cost to itself and exhausts itself practicing good will toward others • There is no limit to love’s reach and the sacrifices it will make

  6. Love is Obedient to Authority • Obedience to the Lord is a direct reflection of one’s love for Him, Jno. 14:15 • Do not love…do not obey Him, Jno. 14:24 • Jesus set the example, Jno. 14:31 • God loves the obedient person, Jno. 14:21, 23 • By this we know we love God, 1 Jno. 2:3-5

  7. Love does not Measure itself by Others • Love does not compare itself, 2 Cor. 10:12 • Motives of love, 1 Cor. 13:1-3 • Love does not concern itself with itself, but with the welfare of others (2 Cor. 12:15) • Christ is the supreme example, Jno. 15:9-14

  8. Love does not Measure itself by Others • Love on display, 1 Cor. 13:4-8 • God’s love for Christ: Matt. 3:17 – Jno. 8:29 • God’s love for mankind: Matt. 5:43-47 – Matt. 22:37 • God’s love for sinners: Eph. 2:4-7 – 2 Cor. 5:15 • Husbands and wives: Eph. 5:25-33 • Parents and children: Eph. 6:1-4

  9. Love is Just • Love does not free the guilty or punish the innocent, Exo. 34:5-9 • Love does not say: "I love you so much I will show favoritism toward you” • “I love you so much I will not rebuke, reprove or correct you!”

  10. Love is Just • Love disciplines when needed • Warns and corrects / Punishes to improve • Correct the child, Heb. 12:5-11; Prov. 13:24 • Correct the sinning (unruly) Christian, 2 Cor. 2:3-11 (1 Cor. 5:4-5)

  11. The Nature of Love -God is love- “Love never fails” (1 Cor. 13:8, 13)

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