This morning I want you to look with me at a passage of Scripture that gives us some insight into genuine love. Look with me at the life of Jesus, and lets learn from Him 3 Essential Elements of Authentic Love. This simple statement really cuts to the heart of where we have most missed the mark when it comes to love. Many of us have bought into the false belief that if you say you love someone, that is enough. In the world in which most of us live day to day, love is something you say, something you talk about, something that you feel, and all too often is never really backed up in the way you act.
Authentic love is just the opposite.
Authentic love is expressed not with our words, but in our actions. Look at what the bible says Jesus is doing in the passage of scripture I just read. Now, most of us would expect that Jesus would sit them down, and tell them just how much he cared. But, that isn t what he does. Look at what Jesus is doing in these first five verses.