The Good News of Christmas : The Coming of Love
December 18, 2016 Series: The Good News of Christmas
Topic: Advent Passage: 1 John 4:7–11
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The Coming of Love
1 John 4:7-11
Listening Guide
On the fourth Sunday of Advent we discover that when Love Arrives, He equips us to love
d__________________!
1. He Equips us to Love U_____________ (vv. 7-8) —
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
God loves different! He loves us for n____ g________ r____________.
A surprisingly d____________ gift to receive: He calls us to be r_________________ of His kind of love. A love that is offered, and acted out, without any precondition!
2. He Equips us to Love S______________ (vv. 9-10)—
“In this the love of God was made manifest among us,
that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him And this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us
and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins."
“Propitiation” is an English word that means “to a___________________.”
The best picture of the wrath of God over the sin of humanity is found in the story of the “arrival of love,” most clearly seen in the c____________.
This is my (our) simple Advent task: “Love G________; Love O_________!”
3. He Equips us to Love L________ (v. 11)—
“Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”
A surprisingly d____________ task to accomplish: He calls us to be s_________________ of His kind of love. A love that is offered, and acted out, without any precondition!
On the fourth Sunday of Advent, He equips us the to live in a f________w_______:
If we have our Father’s g________… He and all our n____________s expect us to act like him!
Application—
This coming week, I will offer one specific act of affection to an undeserving neighbour, and I will do so without conditions. That act will be:
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