Three Ways to Overcome the sins that Destroy love in our Relationships.

1 John 3:11-18

1st Way to Overcome the sins that Destroy love in our Relationships is to learn from ______ story. Gen. 4

Cain was defeated by sin in at least three different ways:

#1 His daily ________ condition.

#2 Second difference was in the way they ______ or ________ God. It looks like one gave from his abundance, “some of the fruits,” the other gave a true sacrifice- the best lamb’s life was sacrificed, it’s blood given, the fat represented to them the very best of the animals body.

#3 Third way Cain was defeated by sin was in his response to ______ _______.

There are 3 words or definitions for “sin” in the Bible:

1st Is “______!”

2nd is _______. After his sin with Bathsheba David prayed, Ps 51:2 “Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.” NIV

3rd is _________. Ps 19:13 “Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression.” NIV

2nd Way to Overcome the sins that Destroy love in our Relationships is to recognize that ______ is everywhere in our _______.

V. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. “Death” and “life” are two different ________ to John, two distinct ________.

Somebody- “ Here is a test of this love; if we do not divide our bread with the hungry, we certainly would not lay down our life for him.”

Here’s our standard: “Jesus laid down his life”