Title Slides

1
A 2nd serving of
LEARNING
LOVE
2
2
HOW IMPORTANT
LOVE?
IS
3
LOVE
literally!
makes the world go 'round
4
1 John 416

• 16 God is love, and all who live in love live in
  God, and God lives in them.

5

• Jesus taught that the entire Old Covenant was
  SUMMARIZED and FULFILLED in obeying these two
  commandments!

6
Matthew 2235-40

• 35 One day an expert in religious law tried to
  trap Jesus with this question
• 36 "Teacher, which is the most important
  commandment in the law of Moses?"

7
Matthew 2235-40
613

• 35 One day an expert in religious law tried to
  trap Jesus with this question
• 36 "Teacher, which is the most important
  commandment in the law of Moses?"

8
Matthew 2235-40

• 37 Jesus replied, You must love the LORD your
  God with all your heart, all your soul, and all
  your mind.'
• 38 This is the first and the greatest
  commandment.

9
Matthew 2235-40

• 39 There is another commandment that is just as
  important
• 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
• 40 The entire law and all the demands of the
  prophets are based on these two commandments.

10
1
GOD!
LOVE
OTHERS!
2
11

• Jesus taught that the entire Old Covenant was
  SUMMARIZED and FULFILLED in obeying these two
  commandments!

• Deut. 65 The Great Commandment Exo.
  202-11
• 2) Lev. 1918 The Summary of the Laws
  of Social Conduct Exo. 2012-17

12

• The
• NEW COVENANT
• was introduced with a
• NEW COMMANDMENT!

13
Luke 2219-20

• When He had taken bread and given thanks, He
  broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is My
  body which is given for you Do this in
  remembrance of Me."

14
Luke 2219-20

• 20In the same way He took the cup after they
  had eaten, saying, "This cup represents the New
  Covenant sealed with My blood, which is being
  poured out for you!

15
John 1334-35

• The
• New Commandment
• of the
• New Covenant

16
John 1334

• 34 I am now giving you
• a new commandment Love each other!
• Just as I have loved you, you should love each
  other.

17
John 1512

• 12 This is my commandment Love each other in
  the same way I have loved you.

18
John 1517

• 17 This is my commandment Love each other.

19
LOVE

• is the
• ONLY
• Commandment
• of the
• New
• Covenant!

20

• The Old Covenant

• Deut. 65 Love God with all your heart
  strength!

21

• The Old Covenant

2) Lev. 1918 Love others AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF!
22

• The Old Covenant

The New Covenant
vs.

• Love one another AS I HAVE LOVED YOU!
• and WELL TAKE CARE OF THE REST!!!

23
22x in those few short minutes Jesus reiterates
the supreme importance of LOVE!

• The
• New Commandment
• of the
• New Covenant

24
If you LOVE with MY kind of LOVE

• All men will know that you are my disciples!

25
If you LOVE with MY kind of LOVE

• You WILL obey my command-ments!

26
If you LOVE with MY kind of LOVE

• The Holy Spirit will always guide you!

27
If you LOVE with MY kind of LOVE

• My Father will love you with the SAME love He
  loves ME with!

28
If you LOVE with MY kind of LOVE

• I will love you and reveal Myself to you!

29
If you LOVE with MY kind of LOVE

• I will be in YOU, and you will be in Me!

30
1 John 416

• 16 God is love, and all who live in love live in
  God, and God lives in them.

31
Our "GREAT QUEST" is
LEARNING
LOVE
2
32
Bob Jones

• By the way, youre not born with love

"You must learn
TO LOVE?"
33
learn
How do we
to do
something really well?
34
Practice
In any endeavor
makes
PERFECT
35
1 Corinthians 13

• 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I
  understood all of God's secret plans and
  possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith
  that I could move mountains, but didn't love
  others, I would be nothing.

36
1 Corinthians 13

• 3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and
  even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it
  but if I didn't love others, I would have gained
  nothing.

37
1 Corinthians 13

• 4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous
  or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not
  demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it
  keeps no record of being wronged.

38
1 Corinthians 13

• 6 Love doesnt rejoice about injustice but
  rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love
  never gives up, never loses faith, is always
  hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

39
1 Corinthians 13

• 8 Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and
  special knowledge will become useless. But love
  will last forever!

40
1 Corinthians 13

• 13 Three things will last foreverfaith, hope,
  and loveand the greatest of these is love.

41
How are YOU doing at
LEARNING
LOVE?
2
42
ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION
of the
BODY
HUMAN
As basic elements and minerals, the human body is
valued at about 4.50.
43
what about the
ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION
of
SOUL?
YOUR
44
If your soul was
BOILED DOWN
how much would be
LOVE?
JESUS'
45
Did you
LEARN
LOVE?
to
46
Practicing
How are you doing at
LOVING OTHERS?
47
Matthew 721-23

• 21 Not everyone who calls me, 'Lord! Lord!' will
  enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who
  actually do the will of my Father in heaven will.
  22 On judgment day many will say to me, 'Lord!
  Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out
  demons in your name and performed many miracles
  in your name.' 23 But I will reply, 'I never
  approved of you. Depart from me, you who violate
  God's laws.

48
John 1512

• 12 This is my commandment Love each other in
  the same way I have loved you.

49
James 28

• obey Gods Royal Law, to love your neighbor!

50
Matthew 2541-45

• 41 The King will turn to those on the left and
  say, 'Away with you, you cursed ones, into the
  eternal fire prepared for the devil and his
  demons. 42 For I was hungry, and you didn't feed
  me. I was thirsty, and you didn't give me a
  drink. 43 I was a stranger, and you didn't invite
  me in to your home. I was naked, and you didn't
  give me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and
  you didn't visit me.

51
Matthew 2541-45

• 44 Then they will reply, 'Lord, when did we ever
  see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked
  or sick or in prison, and not help you?'
• 45 And he will answer, 'I tell you the truth
  when you refused to help the least of these my
  brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help
  me.

52
LOVING
How are you doing at
"the least?"
53
Eph. 317

• be rooted and grounded in LOVE!

54
Col. 314

• Cover yourself with LOVE!

55
1 Cor. 1614

• Let all that you do be done in LOVE!

56
1 Corinthians 141

• Let love
• be your greatest ambition!

57
LEARNING
LOVE
2