Christmas is Love
I. What is love?
John 3:16 NASB
1 John 3:17 NASB
John 12:43 ESV
Romans 5:8 NASB
1 Timothy 1:15 NASB
Love is patient.
Love is kind.
Love is devoted to truth in everything.
Love is not jealous/never envies.
Love does not brag.
Love is not arrogant.
Love is not rude or overbearing.
Love does not seek its own way.
Love is not easily irritated or angered.
Love does not take into account a wrong suffered.
Love finds no pleasure in unrighteousness.
Love bears all.
Love believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things (even when others reject).
Love never fails.
1 Peter 4:8 NASB
II. How we love.
1 John 3:18 NASB
III. Who we love.
Love one another.
John 13:34-35 NASB
Love your neighbor.
Matthew 22:37-40 NASB
Love your enemies.
Matthew 5:43-48 NASB
IV. What does love do?
Love gives.
John 3:16 NASB
Love sacrifices.
John 15:13 NASB
V. Why do we love?
He first loved us.
1 John 4:19 NASB
He commanded us.
John 13:34-35 NASB
We are useless without it.
1 Corinthians 13:1-3 NASB
1 John 4:7-8 NASB
1 John 4:16 NASB
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 NASB
Love/(your name) is impatient.
Love is unkind.
Love is not devoted to truth in everything.
Love is jealous/envies.
Love brags.
Love is arrogant.
Love is rude or overbearing.
Love seek its own way.
Love is easily irritated or angered.
Love keeps score of wrongs suffered.
Love finds pleasure in unrighteousness and others failures.
Love doesn't bear all things.
Love doesn't believe all things, hope all things, or endure all things even when others reject.
Love has a short life.
Romans 8:7-9 NASB