Defining, Understanding and Living Out Christ’s Love

1 John 4:7-10 NIV

Romans 5:6-8 NIV

First, “at just the ______ ______” – “Kairos” - ”- a divinely ordained and chosen moment.

Secondly, it was “when we were still ________” – “asthenes” – weak, feeble, impotent, sick, helpless.

Thirdly, we were “_______” - sinners, people who were missing the mark.

Fourthly, we were “________” – “hamartano” – people who have offended Him, trespassed against Him, made ourselves His enemies.

Matthew 27:46 NIV

It’s been called, “The word of substitution”

Isaiah 53:4-6 NIV

1 John 4:9-10 NIV

How should we respond? Two ways:

First, Stop, pause, think and confess, “I _____ ___.” “I need _____” “I need His gift of love”

Second, “____ one another” and “____ through him.”

Three ways Jesus taught us to love:

#1 Care for my ________.

John 19:25-27 NIV

That is true love- love isn’t just an emotion, love is a verb, an action, it’s what we do. Here’s what Jesus did:

1st, He gave _________.

2nd He provided for their _______.

3rd He gave _________ support.

#2 Treat other believers as my _______.

Grace is greater than genetics!

Matthew 12:50 NIV

Galatians 6:10 NIV

#3 Reach out to meet other people’s ______ even when _____ ______ being met.

Luke 23:33 NIV

He's thinking about the two thieves! The men who were crucifying him and stealing his clothes!

Luke 23:39-42 NIV

He just never gives up!

John says, V. 9 – “He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.”