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Responsibility of Love

Responsibility of Love. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 13. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 13.

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Responsibility of Love

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  1. Responsibility of Love 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 13

  2. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 13 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails…. 13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

  3. Love Is Required in Relationships • Responsibility of love in the family • Eph. 5:25-33 • Titus 2:4 • Responsibility of love our spiritual family • Jn. 13:35 • Jn. 15:12 • 1 Pet. 1:22 • Responsibility of love towards God • Psa. 31:23 • Matt. 22:35-38 • 2 Thess. 3:3-5

  4. Present Absence of Love Does Not Mean One Can Never Love as One Ought It Means One Knows the Emptiness of the Loveless Showing Need & Way to It

  5. Lessons about Responsibility of Love • Our responsibility of loving other humans is not contingent upon their perfection or worthiness • Love commanded to family & brethren – to enemies also • Must love based on principle of what is right • If love is of God, what does its absence say about one? • Love required towards others will demand difficult things • Though our love may be abused, it provides a better basis for our lives than hatred, bitterness, indifference… • Love is not based on feeling or reaction, but a decision • Our responsibility of loving God should be natural given His absolute perfection & worthiness • Acceptable love must be of free-will, not coercion

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