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“Love”
What does the
word “love”
bring to mind?
What are you
expecting from a
series on love?
Important:
1 Corinthians 13:1-3 (ESV) If I speak in
the tongues of men and of angels, but
have not love, I am a noisy gong or a
clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have
prophetic powers, and understand all
mysteries and all knowledge, and if I
have all faith, so as to remove
mountains, but have not love, I am
nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and
if I deliver up my body to be burned,
but have not love, I gain nothing.
Important:
1 Corinthians 13:13 (ESV) So now
faith, hope, and love abide, these
three; but the greatest of these is love.
Mark 12:28-31 (ESV) And one of the
scribes came up and heard them
disputing with one another, and seeing
that he answered them well, asked him,
“Which commandment is the most
important of all?” 29 Jesus answered,
“The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel:
The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And
you shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul and
with all your mind and with all your
strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘You
shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
There is no other commandment greater
than these.”
“Love”
Definitions:
Noun “A strong feeling of affection
and concern toward another person,
as that arising from kinship or close
friendship.” A strong feeling of
affection and concern for another
person accompanied by sexual
attraction. A feeling of devotion or
adoration toward God or a god.
Definitions:
Verb “To feel love for (a person)”. We
love our parents. I love my friends. To
feel sexual love for (a person). To feel
devotion to (God or a god).
“A profoundly tender, passionate
affection for another person. A feeling
of warm personal attachment”
“Sexual intercourse”
Cultural Definitions:
Sex: “make love” “love affair”
“romance”
Undefined or indefinable
A generic word “I love pudding”
Actual human Definition:
“I love how you make me feel”
Biblical Definition:
“Love” over 400 times in the Bible
Greek words for love:
a) Agape = God’s love
b) Phileo = brotherly love
c) Eros = not in the Bible
Love is a commandment
Commandments:
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (ESV) “Hear, O
Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD
is one. 5 You shall love the LORD
your God with all your heart and with
all your soul and with all your might.
John 13:34 (ESV) A new commandment
I give to you, that you love one another:
just as I have loved you, you also are to
love one another.
Commandments:
Matthew 5:43-44 (ESV) “You have
heard that it was said, ‘You shall love
your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
44 But I say to you, Love your
enemies and pray for those who
persecute you,
1 John 4:7 (ESV) Beloved, let us love
one another, for love is from God, and
whoever loves has been born of God
and knows God.
Love is demonstrated:
1 John 4:9-10 (ESV) In this the love
of God was made manifest among us,
that God sent his only Son into the
world, so that we might live through
him. 10 In this is love, not that we
have loved God but that he loved us
and sent his Son to be the
propitiation for our sins.
Love is demonstrated:
Romans 5:8 (ESV) but God shows his
love for us in that while we were still
sinners, Christ died for us.
John 15:13 (ESV) Greater love has no
one than this, that someone lay down
his life for his friends.
Love is demonstrated:
James 2:15-16 (ESV) If a brother or
sister is poorly clothed and lacking in
daily food, 16 and one of you says to
them, “Go in peace, be warmed and
filled,” without giving them the
things needed for the body, what
good is that?
Love is unconditional:
1 John 4:10 (ESV) In this is love, not
that we have loved God but that he
loved us and sent his Son to be the
propitiation for our sins.
Romans 5:8 (ESV) but God shows his
love for us in that while we were still
sinners, Christ died for us.
Love & Affection:
1 Corinthians 13:1-3 (ESV) If I speak in
the tongues of men and of angels, but
have not love, I am a noisy gong or a
clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have
prophetic powers, and understand all
mysteries and all knowledge, and if I
have all faith, so as to remove
mountains, but have not love, I am
nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and
if I deliver up my body to be burned,
but have not love, I gain nothing.
Action & Affection:
1) Real love is selfless
2) Real love requires action
3) Real love includes desire
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