GIFT OF LOVE
INTRO: THE GREATEST GIFT
1: THE BIBLE’S DESCRIPTION OF LOVE
A) THE GREATEST GIFT
B) PAUL DEDICATED A WHOLE CHAPTER TO LOVE
C) ROMANS 12:9-12 SAYS LET LOVE BE GENUINE, KINDLY AFFECTIONED WITH BROTHERLY LOVE
POINT: LOVE IS WORD PEOPLE OFTEN USE BUT THEY NEVER REALLY UNDERSTAND. THE BIBLE SAYS GOD IS LOVE, THAT BEING SAID IF ONE DEOS NOT KNOW GOD THEN HOW CAN THEY KNOW LOVE?
2: LOVE SERVES
A) JESUS CHRIST DIED ON A CROSS FOR THE SINS OF MANKIND
B) HAS THERE EVER BEEN A MORE DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT THAN THAT
C) GOD SENT HIS SON FOR THAT PURPOSE
POINT: GOD LOVES US TO THE POINT THAT HE CHOSE TO ALLOW US TO HAVE A WAY TO EXPERIENCE HIS LOVE THROUGH HIS SON JESUS. CHRISTIAN SHOULD SEEK TO SERVE GOD OUT OF THAT SAME KIND OF LOVE.
BODY: 1 COR 13
1: LOVE DESCRIBED
A) PAUL SAYS ALL WORDS ARE NOISE WITHOUT LOVE
B) LOVE FINALIZES THINGS
C) LOVE CONQUERS THINGS
POINT: SPEECH OR ACTION IS TO BE DONE OUT OF LOVE; OTHERWISE THEY ARE JUST SENSELESS ACTS. GESTURES WITH NO SUBSATNCE OR FEELING BEHIND THEM.
2: GIVING IN LOVE
A) GIVE OUT OF LOVE
B) GIFT OF GIVING SHOULD BE EXCERSIED WITH LOVE
C) LOVE ALLOWS US TO GIVE WITHOUT SEEKING SELF EXALTATION
POINT: GOD GAVE US HIS SON SO THAT HIS SON MIGHT SAVE US, WHY? SO WE COULD WITNESS AND TESTIFY TO THE SAVING GRACE OF CHRIST. CHRISTIANS ARE TO GIVE OTHERS THE SAME OPPORTUNITY OUT OF LOVE THEY HAVE ENOJOYED.
3: LOVE STAYS, AND CONSIDERS
A) LOVE SUFFERTH LONG
B) IT STICKS AROUND
C) LOVE SEEKS NOT IT’S OWN
D) LOVE GIVES THE BENFIT OF THE DOUBT
POINT: THE LOVE OF CHRIST NEVER LEAVES IT NEVER GETS IRRITATED, CHRISTIANS NEED BE CAREFUL THAT THEY EXPRESS FULLY THE LONGSUFFERING OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
4: LOVE ENDURES ALL THINGS
A) IT WILL LAST THROUGH ANYTHING
B) LOVE NEVER QUITS
C) NEVER GIVES UP
POINT: GOD’S LOVE WILL ENDURE FOR ETERNITY, THIS IS THE TYPE OF LOVE THE CHRISTIAN HAS DWELLING WITHIN THEM.
CLOSING: LOVE WILL MATURE THE CHRISTIAN
1: 1 COR 13:11
A) BECAME A MAN
B) I PUT CHILDISH THINGS AWAY
C) LOVE TEACHES WHAT IS IMPORTANT
D) WHAT IS UNIMPORTANT
POINT: CHRISTIANS HAVE TO GROW AND MATURE IN GOD’S LOVE. WE HAVE TO GROW UP JUST LIKE WE DID UNDER THE LOVE AND GUIDEANCE OF OUR PARENTS.
2: JUST A GLIMPSE
A) WE SEE DARKLY
B) JUST A GLIMPSE OF WHAT COULD BE
C) ONE DAY WE WILL KNOW FULLY
POINT: WE HAVE GOD’S LOVE DISPLAYED TO US THROUGH CALVARY; DO WE FULLY UNDERSTAND GOD’S UNCONDITONAL LOVE? ONE DAY WE WILL, AND GOD WILL FULLY REVEAL TO US THE DEPTHS OF IS POWER AND LOVE.
CONCLUSION: FAITH, HOPE, LOVE
THESE THREE ABIDE THESE THREE NO ONE CAN TAKE FROM YOU. THESE ARE THINGS ONLY YOU CAN SURRENDER. ONLY GOD CAN FULFILL THESE THREE IN YOU. FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE, THE GREATEST IS LOVE.
FAITH IS THE SUBSATNCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, LOVE IS WHAT DROVE JESUS TO THE CROSS NOT A HAMMER AND SPIKES. LOVE IS THE ACTION OF FAITH AND HOPE.
