What is Love?Part Three

True & FalseLove

1 John 4:10

“This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.”

What Is Love?

1. The lover loves because he C___________ to.

2. False Love #1: I want to M___________ you love me.

3. Love is about G________, not R___________.

4. False Love #2: L___________ - “using people and loving things.

5. Lust is “a strong desire to meet your own needs or desires at the E________ of someone else.”

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What Is Love?

1. The lover loves because he CHOOSES to.

2. False Love #1: I want to M___________ you love me.

3. Love is about G________, not R___________.

4. False Love #2: L___________ - “using people and loving things.

5. Lust is “a strong desire to meet your own needs or desires at the E________ of someone else.”

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What Is Love?

1. The lover loves because he CHOOSES to.

2. False Love #1: I want to MAKE you love me.

3. Love is about G________, not R___________.

4. False Love #2: L___________ - “using people and loving things.

5. Lust is “a strong desire to meet your own needs or desires at the E________ of someone else.”

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What Is Love?

1. The lover loves because he CHOOSES to.

2. False Love #1: I want to MAKE you love me.

3. Love is about GIVING not RECEIVING.

4. False Love #2: L___________ - “using people and loving things.

5. Lust is “a strong desire to meet your own needs or desires at the E________ of someone else.”

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What Is Love?

1. The lover loves because he CHOOSES to.

2. False Love #1: I want to MAKE you love me.

3. Love is about GIVING not RECEIVING.

4. False Love #2: LUST - “using people and loving things.”

5. Lust is “a strong desire to meet your own needs or desires at the E________ of someone else.”

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1 John 2:15-16

“Stop loving this evil world and all that it offers you, for when you love the world, you show that you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only the lust for physical pleasure, the lust for everything we see, and pride in our possessions. These are not from the Father. They are from this evil world”

What Is Love?

1. The lover loves because he CHOOSES to.

2. False Love #1: I want to MAKE you love me.

3. Love is about GIVING not RECEIVING.

4. False Love #2: LUST - “using people and loving things.”

5. Lust is “a strong desire to meet your own needs or desires at the E________ of someone else.”

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What Is Love?

1. The lover loves because he CHOOSES to.

2. False Love #1: I want to MAKE you love me.

3. Love is about GIVING not RECEIVING.

4. False Love #2: LUST - “using people and loving things.”

5. Lust is “a strong desire to meet your own needs or desires at the EXPENSE of someone else.”

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What Is Love?

6. Love which means to “meet someone else’s need often at the expense of your own N________ or D_______.

7. False Love #3: W_________ Love.

8. Worldly love is C___________ and S________-centered.

9. Those that practice false love have no I_________ In God’s Kingdom.

10. Phileo is R____________ love

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What Is Love?

6. Love which means to “meet someone else’s need often at the expense of your own NEEDS or DESIRES.”

7. False Love #3: W_________ Love.

8. Worldly love is C___________ and S________-centered.

9. Those that practice false love have no I_________ In God’s Kingdom.

10. Phileo is R____________ love

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What Is Love?

6. Love which means to “meet someone else’s need often at the expense of your own NEEDS or DESIRES.”

7. False Love #3: WORLDLY Love.

8. Worldly love is C___________ and S________-centered.

9. Those that practice false love have no I_________ In God’s Kingdom.

10. Phileo is R____________ love

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2 Timothy 4:10

The Demas Syndrome

“Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica”

What Is Love?

6. Love which means to “meet someone else’s need often at the expense of your own NEEDS or DESIRES.”

7. False Love #3: WORLDLY Love.

8. Worldly love is C___________ and S________-centered.

9. Those that practice false love have no I_________ In God’s Kingdom.

10. Phileo is R____________ love

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What Is Love?

6. Love which means to “meet someone else’s need often at the expense of your own NEEDS or DESIRES.”

7. False Love #3: WORLDLY Love.

8. Worldly love is CONDITIONAL and SELF-centered.

9. Those that practice false love have no I_________ In God’s Kingdom.

10. Phileo is R____________ love

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Matthew 5:46-47

“If you love only those who love you, what good is that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that.”

Ephesians 5:5

“You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God”

What Is Love?

6. Love which means to “meet someone else’s need often at the expense of your own NEEDS or DESIRES.”

7. False Love #3: WORLDLY Love.

8. Worldly love is CONDITIONAL and SELF-centered.

9. Those that practice false love have no I_________ In God’s Kingdom.

10. Phileo is R____________ love

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What Is Love?

6. Love which means to “meet someone else’s need often at the expense of your own NEEDS or DESIRES.”

7. False Love #3: WORLDLY Love.

8. Worldly love is CONDITIONAL and SELF-centered.

9. Those that practice false love have no INHERITANCE In God’s Kingdom.

10. Phileo is R____________ love

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What Is Love?

6. Love which means to “meet someone else’s need often at the expense of your own NEEDS or DESIRES.”

7. False Love #3: WORLDLY Love.

8. Worldly love is CONDITIONAL and SELF-centered.

9. Those that practice false love have no INHERITANCE In God’s Kingdom.

10. Phileo is RECIPROCAL love

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What Is Love?

11. To have agape love is to love because someone N_________ love

12. 3 Reasons why Jesus Love was Real Lovea) It involved the Greatest S___________

b) It met our Greatest N_________

c) It had the Greatest M__________.

13. Christian love is finding one's own joy in actively working for the joy of another, even at the self-sacrificial cost of one's own private pleasure, all for the G____________ of God.

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What Is Love?

11. To have agape love is to love because someone NEEDS love.

12. 3 Reasons why Jesus Love was Real Lovea) It involved the Greatest S___________.

b) It met our Greatest N_________ .

c) It had the Greatest M__________.

13. Christian love is finding one's own joy in actively working for the joy of another, even at the self-sacrificial cost of one's own private pleasure, all for the G____________ of God.

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What Is Love?

11. To have agape love is to love because someone NEEDS love.

12. 3 Reasons why Jesus Love was Real Lovea) It involved the Greatest SACRIFICE.

b) It met our Greatest N_________ .

c) It had the Greatest M__________.

13. Christian love is finding one's own joy in actively working for the joy of another, even at the self-sacrificial cost of one's own private pleasure, all for the G____________ of God.

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What Is Love?

11. To have agape love is to love because someone NEEDS love.

12. 3 Reasons why Jesus Love was Real Lovea) It involved the Greatest SACRIFICE.

b) It met our Greatest NEED.

c) It had the Greatest M__________.

13. Christian love is finding one's own joy in actively working for the joy of another, even at the self-sacrificial cost of one's own private pleasure, all for the G____________ of God.

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1 Corinthians 13:3

"If I give away all that I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned [self-sacrifice] but have not love [that is, the self-sacrifice is not directed to meeting the needs of anyone else but to meeting a need in myself], I gain nothing."

What Is Love?

11. To have agape love is to love because someone NEEDS love.

12. 3 Reasons why Jesus Love was Real Lovea) It involved the Greatest SACRIFICE.

b) It met our Greatest NEED.

c) It had the Greatest M__________.

13. Christian love is finding one's own joy in actively working for the joy of another, even at the self-sacrificial cost of one's own private pleasure, all for the G____________ of God.

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What Is Love?

11. To have agape love is to love because someone NEEDS love.

12. 3 Reasons why Jesus Love was Real Lovea) It involved the Greatest SACRIFICE.

b) It met our Greatest NEED.

c) It had the Greatest MOTIVE.

13. Christian love is finding one's own joy in actively working for the joy of another, even at the self-sacrificial cost of one's own private pleasure, all for the G____________ of God.

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What Is Love?

11. To have agape love is to love because someone NEEDS love.

12. 3 Reasons why Jesus Love was Real Lovea) It involved the Greatest SACRIFICE.

b) It met our Greatest NEED.

c) It had the Greatest MOTIVE.

13. Christian love is finding one's own joy in actively working for the joy of another, even at the self-sacrificial cost of one's own private pleasure, all for the GLORY of God.

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1 John 3:18-20

“Dear children, let us stop just saying we love each other; let us really show it by our actions. It is by our actions that we know we are living in the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before the Lord, even if our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.”

What is Love?Part Three

Love and Grace