Lesson on: 1/2/09
Key Learning Points
1. Love is intentionally doing something in Jesus' name, regardless of the cost or consequence to oneself.
2. There are different types of love: agape love, family love, love between friends, love between couples etc.
3. We love because God first loved us ( 1 John 4:19 ). We love also as a demostration of God's love and our discipleship.
What Is Love?
Love By Man: Mother taking care of her sick children when they fall sick
Love By Jesus:
Mark 1:4 (Jesus had compassion for the leper, reached out his hand and healed the leper.) Matthew 20:34 (Jesus had compassion on the blind beggars, and touched their eyes to heal them.)
John 3:16 (God so loved us that He sent His one and only son, Jesus to us)
What Is Common Across All The Stories?
1. Love requires sacrifice
2. Love must come from inside-the heart
3. Love is intentional: acts of love don't "drop from heaven"
Why Do We Need To Love?
1. Because God first loved us. He gave us the gift to love.
2. Because it is God's commandment. To obey his commandments is to love God. John 14:21, 15:9-13.
3. Because it is only by loving each other that we show ourselves as disciplines of God. John 13:34-35.
4. Because God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in Him. 1 John 4:16.
In Conclusion,
Love is intentionally doing something in Jesus' name, regardless of the cost or consequence to oneself.
Key Learning Points
1. Love is intentionally doing something in Jesus' name, regardless of the cost or consequence to oneself.
2. There are different types of love: agape love, family love, love between friends, love between couples etc.
3. We love because God first loved us ( 1 John 4:19 ). We love also as a demostration of God's love and our discipleship.
What Is Love?
Love By Man: Mother taking care of her sick children when they fall sick
Love By Jesus:
Mark 1:4 (Jesus had compassion for the leper, reached out his hand and healed the leper.) Matthew 20:34 (Jesus had compassion on the blind beggars, and touched their eyes to heal them.)
John 3:16 (God so loved us that He sent His one and only son, Jesus to us)
What Is Common Across All The Stories?
1. Love requires sacrifice
2. Love must come from inside-the heart
3. Love is intentional: acts of love don't "drop from heaven"
Why Do We Need To Love?
1. Because God first loved us. He gave us the gift to love.
2. Because it is God's commandment. To obey his commandments is to love God. John 14:21, 15:9-13.
3. Because it is only by loving each other that we show ourselves as disciplines of God. John 13:34-35.
4. Because God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in Him. 1 John 4:16.
In Conclusion,
Love is intentionally doing something in Jesus' name, regardless of the cost or consequence to oneself.
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