Sermon Notes 11/2 – The Love of God – 1 John 4
The Love of God
1 John 4:1-12
V8 – God is love and can only be love
-He is the always God
-He never changes – Hebrews 13:8
1 John 4:1-6 – The Bible is doctrine and teaching – God’s love is a Bible doctrine
-stand on the Bible and the doctrines of the Bible which includes God’s love
1 John 4:1 – test the spirits to see what is from the Lord and not from the Lord
-many things will try to move us away from the doctrine of God’s love
Life Events…..Feelings and The flesh……and the enemy
-the word emotion means to move away
The Lord wants us to love one another – John 13:34-35/1 John 3:16-18
The love of God is an action – don’t just talk it. Take action and show it
Jesus took action – 1 John 4:9-10
The love of God is a choice – 1 John 4:7-11
-choose to accept God’s love for you
-choose to love people