Who You Love? Series

1 John 4:15(v19)-21 - Who You Love - YP Fellowship

Text: “We love, because He first loved us.”

??1 John? ?4?:?19? ?NASB1995??

SST: This passge tells that God is love

SSS: my sermon says that a true follower of Jesus must express the love they’ve found in him

Objective: Doctrinal / Pastoral

Specific Objective: I want my hearers, the Youth in particular to bring the love of God to the world.

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Title: “Who You Love”

1 John? ?4?:?15?-?21? ?NASB1995??

15. “Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

17. We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

19. By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world.

21. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.

23. We love, because He first loved us.

25. If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

26. And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.”

??1 John? ?4?:?15?-?21? ?NASB1995??

Introduction:

This is a song by John Mayer and Katy Perry.

God is love.

7. “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

8. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.”

??1 John? ?4?:?7?-?8? ?NASB1995??

How can a loving God punish the sinner?

It’s true that God is loving and it is also true that He is just and holy.

He requires nothing but holiness from his people. He rewards the faithful and he also provides discipline and punishment for all inequities.??

?Love is an action word. Meaning you can’t really say you love someone without showing, be it in action, or thoughts.

No one shouts “I Love You” then run and hide to the one he/ she loves - Ghosting ba?

?Love must be expressed and not kept.

?“Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor (hate) what is evil; cling to what is good.”

??Romans? ?12?:?9? ?NASB1995??

- This is Paul’s reminder to the Romans on how to be dedicated in serving God.

If I may ask, what is the remedy or how to fight fear?

Illustration:

When you were a child, woke up from a bad dream, afraid of the dark what does your parents say?

Do they encourage and cheer you up? Go anak dilim lang yan, panaginip lang yan kaya mo yan, h’wag ka matakot! Go anak!!!

- But what they really do is hug you, lay down beside you. In short, they show love and knowing that they love you and are there for you, wha t happens to your fear? It vanishes

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- [x] “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.”

??1 John? ?4?:?18? ?NASB1995??

- We have confidence on the day of judgment because we know that God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this, love is perfected with us.

Now, if we say We Love because He first loved us, then…..

“Who You Love?”

1.Love God

Jesus said that the foremost commandment of all is:

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- [x] “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.’”

??Mark? ?12?:?30? ?NASB1995??

- All your heart, (if you are an octopus - love God with all 3 hearts that you have)

- All your soul,

- All your mind,

- All your strength

* it means to love the Lord and seek Him with a passion for Who He is and not for any other motives.

*It is to find our sole satisfaction in Him alone and to strive with every fibre of our being to love Him more and more.

We must say, “All of me Oh Lord, loves All of You”

Who could not love our God?

?“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

??Romans? ?5?:?8? ?NASB1995??

- Love scar - the true love scars are found on the cross

You will not know the true meaning of Love if you don’t have Christ in your life.