Fifth Sunday in Easter 2021

May 2, 2021 • Pastor Paul F. Becker • 1 John 4:7–21

DEAR FRIENDS, WE MUST LOVE EACH OTHER BECAUSE LOVE COMES FROM GOD. EVERYONE WHO LOVES HAS BEEN BORN FROM GOD AND KNOWS GOD. THE PERSON WHO DOESN’T LOVE DOESN’T KNOW GOD, BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE. GOD HAS SHOWN US HIS LOVE BY SENDING HIS ONLY SON INTO THE WORLD SO THAT WE COULD HAVE LIFE THROUGH HIM.

FAR FROM THE FLEETING FEELINGS OF ALL COUNTERFEIT LOVES, REAL LOVE ALWAYS COMES FROM GOD, MAKE THE HUMANLY IMPOSSIBLE A REALITY AND SATISFIES OUR DEEPEST DESIRES WITH DIVINE BLESSINGS.

1.CONSIDER THE TRUE SOURCE OF REAL LOVE
A.THREE PERSONS IN ONE DIVINE ESSENCE / LOVE
B.CHRIST JESUS HAS COME IN THE FLESH

2.CONSIDER THE AMAZING ACTION OF REAL LOVE
A.SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS – A DEBT FAR BEYOND OUR ABILITY TO PAY
B.NOW WE LIVE THROUGH HIM AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER

3.CONSIDER THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF REAL LOVE
A. NEVER ALONE! ABIDE IN LOVE / IN GOD
B. NEVER CONDEMNED! ALL FEAR IS GONE!

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