A Look at Love
Rev. Paul Garrison
Notes by Richard S. Dickson
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Hill Street Baptist Church, Toccoa, GA
11:00 AM Service

1 John 4:7-21

• Love's Sure Evidence
• You are in the Family of God (v.7)
  - you have the nature of God
  - "Love does not define God, but God defines love."
• You are in Fellowship with God (v.8)
  - intimate knowledge


• Love's Supreme Example (v.9)
• Love is Sacrificial (v.10)
• the Demonstration of Love
• the Definition of Love
• Love is Self-less (v.9)
  - live through Him
• Love is Satisfying (v.10)
  - propiation
• Love is Sharing (v.11)


• Love's Spiritual Essence
• Love's Provision (vv.12-13)
  - Spirit produces love in us
  - Not us living for God, but God living through us
• Love's Profession (vv.14-15)
• Love's Possession


• Love's Supernatural Effects (vv.17-21)
• We can have His Character (vv.17-19)
• It Conforms us to His Character
• It Transforms us into His Image
• We can have His Compassion (vv20-21)
  - "if you have love one toward another"


• Invitation

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