WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? (11 OF 14)
by Jim Perdue
Scripture: 1 John 4:7-14
This content is part of a series.
What's Love Got to Do with It? (11 of 14)
Series: Authentic Christianity
Jim Perdue
1 John 4:7-14
Intro/Attention
Today we continue in our series entitled Authentic Christianity. We come to 1 John 4:7-14 and want to ask the question that Tina Turner asked in 1984, What's Love Got to Do With It? Tina didn't know this, but the Beatles had answered her question some 17 years earlier with their hit, All You Need is Love.
To answer the questions and put all of this to rest, What's Love Got to Do With It? Everything! And I would add that ''All You Need is God, and God is Love.''
This week, I typed one word in the google search engine: ''love.'' I got approximately 7,310,000,000 hits in .66 seconds. Our world is infatuated with the concept of love. I didn't even take time to look at the list. Probably because I would still be looking. And also because I'm certain there were many things on the list I didn't want to or need to see!
Do you see what the world does with love? Do you see how it twists and distorts what love really is? Jesus was asked in the New Testament, ''what's the most important thing in the world?'' He answered by saying ''love...love God with all you are and love others as yourself.'' That's the standard of love that God has set.
Love is the essential and foundational element of the child of God. Here in 1 John 4:7-14, we see several elements of true love and their significance in our lives today.
The only source of true love- God is love: 7-8
Explanation
John begins by showing us the greatest test of authentic Christianity: love. If you're interested in determining whether or not you're a Christian, whether or not you have a relationship with God, then the greatest test to determine that is love.
John says that we should ''love one another for love is from God...'' In other words, God is the source of true love. He is the one who provides you with the ability and strength to love. He invented love, created love an ...
Series: Authentic Christianity
Jim Perdue
1 John 4:7-14
Intro/Attention
Today we continue in our series entitled Authentic Christianity. We come to 1 John 4:7-14 and want to ask the question that Tina Turner asked in 1984, What's Love Got to Do With It? Tina didn't know this, but the Beatles had answered her question some 17 years earlier with their hit, All You Need is Love.
To answer the questions and put all of this to rest, What's Love Got to Do With It? Everything! And I would add that ''All You Need is God, and God is Love.''
This week, I typed one word in the google search engine: ''love.'' I got approximately 7,310,000,000 hits in .66 seconds. Our world is infatuated with the concept of love. I didn't even take time to look at the list. Probably because I would still be looking. And also because I'm certain there were many things on the list I didn't want to or need to see!
Do you see what the world does with love? Do you see how it twists and distorts what love really is? Jesus was asked in the New Testament, ''what's the most important thing in the world?'' He answered by saying ''love...love God with all you are and love others as yourself.'' That's the standard of love that God has set.
Love is the essential and foundational element of the child of God. Here in 1 John 4:7-14, we see several elements of true love and their significance in our lives today.
The only source of true love- God is love: 7-8
Explanation
John begins by showing us the greatest test of authentic Christianity: love. If you're interested in determining whether or not you're a Christian, whether or not you have a relationship with God, then the greatest test to determine that is love.
John says that we should ''love one another for love is from God...'' In other words, God is the source of true love. He is the one who provides you with the ability and strength to love. He invented love, created love an ...
There are 9936 characters in the full content. This excerpt only shows a 2000 character sample of the full content.
Price: $5.99 or 1 credit
