1 Cor 1313 Purpose To show the importance of love in our lives Introduction Love is in short supply today It is easy to love those who love us But what about others Our enemies The lost Those who hurt us ID: 469023
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The Greatest Of These1 Cor. 13:13
Purpose: To show the importance of love in our lives.Slide2
IntroductionLove is in short supply today. It is easy to love those who love us. But what about others? Our enemies? The lost? Those who hurt us?God loved us when we didn’t deserve it. John 3:16; Rom. 5:8. We need to learn to love the unlovable as well.Slide3
The love chapter1 Cor. 13 shows faith, hope, love. Love is greater, but we need all three!The absence of lov
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1 Cor. 13:4-8
. What love will and will not do.
Love
is not merely doing the right things. It is caring as you do the right things.Slide4
Jimmy, an orphanJimmy, a 10 year old orphan, falls into a lake and begins to drown. Two different endings for the story.
One shows what it means to be rescued.
The other shows what it means to be loved.Slide5
Love in actionMark 12:28-34. Top two commandments are to love.John 14:23-24. To love is to obey.John 13:34-35. Love demonstrates discipleship.
1 Peter 4:8. Love will help overcome sin.Slide6
ConclusionWhen love is absent our world falls apart. Love is the glue that holds it together.Remember, God loves us not because of who we are, but because of who He is.Without love, nothing else matters.