Romans 12913 13810 Application of Romans 111 Because of the mercies of God Present your whole self to God Dont offer yourself to the world Become transformed What Genuine Love is not ID: 294491
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True Love
Romans 12:9-13, 13:8-10Slide2
Application of Romans 1-11
Because of the mercies of God...
Present your whole self to God
Don’t offer yourself to the world
Become transformedSlide3
What Genuine Love...
...is not:
...is:
an emotion, feeling
conditional
selfish
John
15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. Slide4
What Genuine Love...
...is not:
...is:
an emotion, feeling
conditional
selfish
sacrificial devotion
unconditional
selflessSlide5
Why Genuine Love Matters
Fulfills the whole Law
(Rom 13:8-10)
Shows we’re Christ’s disciples
(John 13:35)
John
13:35 “By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” Slide6
Why Genuine Love Matters
Fulfills the whole Law
(Rom 13:8-10)
Shows we’re Christ’s disciples
(John 13:35)
Can’t love God without it
(1 John 4:8,20)1 John 4:8 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. Slide7
Why Genuine Love Matters
Fulfills the whole Law
(Rom 13:8-10)
Shows we’re Christ’s disciples
(John 13:35)
Can’t love God without it
(1 John 4:8,20)1 John 4:20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. Slide8
Why Genuine Love Matters
Fulfills the whole Law
(Rom 13:8-10)
Shows we’re Christ’s disciples
(John 13:35)
Only way to love God
(1 John 4:8,20)Makes our lives meaningful (1 Cor 13:1-3)1 Corinthians 13:1–3 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Slide9
Why Genuine Love Matters
Fulfills the whole Law
(Rom 13:8-10)
Shows we’re Christ’s disciples
(John 13:35)
Can’t love God without it
(1 John 4:8,20)Life is worthless without it (1 Cor 13:1-3)Slide10
How to Genuinely Love
Abhor evil
& cling to good
(12:9)
Treat others like family
(12:10a)philostorgos – to love as a parent doesphiladelphia – brotherly loveSlide11
How to Genuinely Love
Abhor evil
& cling to good
(12:9)
Treat others like family
(12:10a)Put others first (12:10b)Philippians 2:3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselvesSlide12
How to Genuinely Love
Abhor evil
& cling to good
(12:9)
Treat others like family
(12:10a)Put others first (12:10b)Equip yourself for love (12:11-12)source of love: the Spiritgoal of love: serve Christfuel of love: hope, perseverance, prayerSlide13
How to Genuinely Love
Abhor evil
& cling to good
(12:9)
Treat others like family
(12:10a)Put others first (12:10b)Equip yourself for love (12:11-12)Give to meet material needs (12:13)$ can’t buy love...but it can give love!Slide14
Genuine Love
1
John 4:10–11
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. Slide15