Notes from a sermon preached by Dr. Greg Sloop at the Kannapolis Church of God on Sunday, March 4, 2018 in the 10:30 am service. For video of service, go to the church website, http://www.kcog.org, and click on the livestream link for a replay of the service. For audio of the service, go the the website and click on the media page.
Mark 12:30-31
- 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Who Is Your Neighbor?
1 John 4:7–11 (NKJV)
- 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
The Love Source
The Love Example
The Love Origin
The Love Mandate
1 John 4:20–21 (NKJV)
- 20 If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
The Love Lie
The Love Logic
The Love Commandment
Prayer for Loving One Another
God, forgive me for not loving my known neighbors
God, give me the grace to mend relationships and be forgiven as I forgive
God help me to love selflessly as I follow Christ’s example.
Takeaway Thoughts
God is Love. As He Loved Us, We Should Love Others
We are Commanded to Love One Another
You Cannot Love God Unless You Love One Another
