“What Does ‘Love One Another’ Look Like?”

June 7/09   1Jn 2:7-11; 3:11-18; 4:19-21    Play AUDIO (mp3)  Play VIDEO (wmv)

●    BARRIERS TO BROTHERLY LOVE

    ○    challenge to love - when play trombone, etc.

●    WHY LOVE ONE ANOTHER?

    ○    Because We Are Commanded to (1Jn 2:7f; Lev 19:18)
    ○    Because We Are in the Light (2:8f; 3:12,14)
    ○    Because Jesus First Loved us (3:16; 4:11,19)
    ○    Because Our Brother Is the Visible Proxy of the Invisible God (4:20; Mt 25:40, 10:40; 1Jn 5:1f)

●    HOW LOVE ONE ANOTHER?

    ○    by Not Hating Them (2:9; Mt 5:43)
    ○    by Not Causing Others to Stumble (2:10; Rom 14:13,15,21)
    ○    by Not Murdering Them (3:12; Mt 5:21f)
    ○    by Not Comparing - Being Envious or Jealous (3:12; Heb 11:4)
    ○    by Laying down Our Lives for Our Brothers (3:16; Jn 10:11,15; Is 53:3ff; Php 2:3f)
    ○    by Giving Our Material Possessions to Those in Need (3:17; Jas 2:16
    ○    by Going Beyond Words to Actions (3:18; Mt 25:35f)