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What does it mean to be a disciple?

Explore the commandment of love in John and 1 John, learn how love defines discipleship, and discover sacrificial love demonstrated in relationships and marriage.

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What does it mean to be a disciple?

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  1. What does it mean to be a disciple?

  2. A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.

  3. A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. John 13:34-35 The significance and importance of love

  4. This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you…This I command you, that you love one another. John 15:12,17 This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us. 1 John 3:23 The significance and importance of love

  5. We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. 1 John 3:14 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love…Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:8,11 The significance and importance of love

  6. Love defined: Understanding what “love” is not

  7. Love defined: Understanding what “love” is not Natural---Easy---Untaught

  8. Love defined: Understanding what “love” is For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. Jo. 3:16 (Eph. 5:2; 1 Jo. 3:16; 4:9)

  9. Love defined: Understanding what “love” is Not natural---Not Easy---Taught For God so loved… The world That He gave His only begotten Son That whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. Jo. 3:16 (Eph. 5:2; 1 Jo. 3:16; 4:9) Love is… For those who don’t love us Sacrificing That which has value So they might be made better

  10. Love demonstrated 1 John 3:18; 1 Peter 1:22 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart, Love is… Sacrificing That which has value For those who don’t love us So they might be made better

  11. Love demonstrated 1 John 3:18; 1 Peter 1:22 Love is… Sacrificing That which has value For those who don’t love us So they might be made better Marriage Ephesians 5:25,28,33 Children Matthew 10:37

  12. Love demonstrated 1 John 3:18; 1 Peter 1:22 Love is… Sacrificing That which has value For those who don’t love us So they might be made better • Brethren • 1 John 2:10; 3:10-11; 4:20 • Care 1 Cor. 12:25 • Seek good 1 Thess. 5:15 • Bear burdens Gal. 6:2 • Accept Rom. 15:7 • Confess to Jas. 5:16 • Forgive Eph. 4:32

  13. Love demonstrated 1 John 3:18; 1 Peter 1:22 Love is… Sacrificing That which has value For those who don’t love us So they might be made better Marriage Children Brethren

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