SCRIPTURE: JOHN 14:15-24
SUBJECT: THE POWER OF LOVE
THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE . . . LOVE - CENTRAL/CONSISTENT THEME.
GENESIS 1:26 – IMAGE OF GOD . . .
HOSEA/GOMER . . .
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:10 – SHULAMITE – LONGING FOR HER KING . . . “HOW MUCH BETTER THAN WINE IS YOUR LOVE.”
DAVID – II SAMUEL 1:26 (JONATHAN) - “YOUR LOVE TO ME WAS WONDERFUL, SURPASSING THE LOVE OF WOMEN.”
HOP, SKIP, JUM P – NEW TESTAMENT
JOHN 3:16 . . .
JOHN 15:13 “NO GREATER LOVE . . .“
I JOHN 4:7-8 . . .
THEME – LOVE – CENTRAL . .. SO CENTRAL – TEXT DECLARES THAT WHEN JUDAS NOT ISCARIOT (READ - V.22) . . .
READ V. 23(a) . . .
JESUS IS SUGGESTING THAT LOVE IS NOT BASED ON YOUR WORDS TO ME, BUT YOU KEEPING MY WORD.
TRUE LOVE IS NOT JUST WORDS, ACTION . . .
PALM SUNDAY . . .
MOUTH/HEART . . .
NAILS DONE . . .
TRUE LOVE IS RECIPROCATED
LOVED BY MY FATHER . . .
TRUE LOVE IS RESULT ORIENTED
TRUE LOVE WILL BRING THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE
. . . CAUSE THE PRESENCE OF GOD TO FLOW OUT OF YOUR LIFE
THAT’S HOW I AM GOING TO MANIFEST MYSELF . . .