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Chicago’s Oak Street Beach. Word Usage in John’s Writings… JOHN MATT. MARK LUKE Lets Rev. LOVE: 57x 11x 5x 15x 54x 6x WATER: 21x 7x 5x 6x 4x 18x LIGHT: 23 x 10x 2x 10x 5x 4x BREAD: 20 x 13x 13x 14x 0 0
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Word Usage in John’s Writings… JOHN MATT. MARK LUKE Lets Rev. LOVE: 57x 11x 5x 15x 54x 6x WATER: 21x 7x 5x 6x 4x 18x LIGHT: 23 x 10x 2x 10x 5x 4x BREAD: 20 x 13x 13x 14x 0 0 LIFE: 47x 17x 9x 17x 15x 15x WORD: 47x 29x 18x 29x 7x 19x TRUTH 46x 1x 2x 3x 20x To KNOW 57x (160x synoptics ) (25x ) Sin 16x 2x 1x 14x
Types of love mentioned in Greek… • EROS sexual passionate love • PHILIA brotherly love, close relationships. • AGAPAO agape love, highest form of love
Categories of Love • HUMAN LOVE Can be any of the three types
Categories of Love • HUMAN LOVE Can be any of the three types • GOD’S LOVE
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
2 Corinthians 5:19 God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
1 John 2:2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
NOW WHAT?
John 17:23 so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
2 Corinthians 5:19-21 19 God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.