Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-03-05


loved us. we ought also to love one an
otier-I John All. iI8llNf
ADDITIONAL adATERtAL~-I John, IL
John, III John. liIfiIAW "t
Primary ToP1c-LovinE one Another
.,JuNsIoR ToPlGTTLoving God and Our
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR TOPIC
How to Show Love for God and His
People, IIftfii
p YoUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
-lichristisn Love Upon Society.
!. The Origin of Love wv. z. 81.
Love is of God, for God IS love. God
notmereiy loves, but he Is the foun-
tainhead of love. Love Of country,
love of humanity. fllial and parental
love, every particle of love everywhere
has been derived from God his love Is
Infinite, eternal and Interchangeable.
Since love is of God. everyone who
loves Is born of God and knoweth God.
The Christian. by his life of love, In,
terprets God to the world. 1t Is not
enough that the world should be told
that God is good and kind, it should
see his nature expressed in the life
and love Of the disciple. The Chris
fans life, is the worlds Bible. Where
love is wanting, knowledge of God is
wanting.
u. Gods Manifestation of Love Wv.
8, 10Y. n
/ Gods method OF making known his
love is through the incarnation-the
sending of his only begotten Son into
the world TO be the Precipitation for
our sins (John 3:16). The coming OF
Jesus Christ into the world and his
taking on human nature makes possi-
bic life for those who receive him. IL
We would know Gods love, let us look,
atiJesus Christ. Those who gaze upon
him In reverent contemplation cahnot
doubt Gods love. q
III. The Supreme Motive Of Love
". III.
Gods love is the grand incentive
prompting his children to love.
w. Love the Proof That God DwelIs
With Us wv. 1916. -
1. No man hath seen God at any
time \ w 12), but there is abundant,
proof of his being. The one unmIstak.
able proof of his being Is love Id the
heart of man. Love Is not native to
the human heart, for the heart is de-
ceitful above all things and desperate
" wicked Ger. 17;9). Out of the
heart proceeds murder Matt. 1910.
Love in the heart is proof that God
dwells within. Il
E z. Love proves that Gods Spirit Is,
within us wv. 1870. The fruit of the
Spirit is love (Gal. 5:22). Gods Spirit
dwells within his children. The In
dwelling Spirit shows us Christ and
makes us believe In him as Gods Son.
the Savior of the world. Those in
whom God dwells will always make
this confession. Those who deny the
Deity of Christ have no fellowship
with God, and those who have fellow.
ship with God will confess Christ as
/, his Divine Son.
Y Loves Relation to the, Judgment
Ivy. Il, 1871. '" !.
Is 1t casts out. fear. A Judgment day a
coming, for God hath appointed a, dan
In which he will Judge the world id
righteousness by that man whom he;
hath ordained (Acts II :31). 1t will be,
a terrible thing for those unpreparedl
to meet God at that time, but for
those who are indwelt by the iivihal
God there will be joyful meeting. He
that dweileth in God and God in him
Will realize the perfection Of love In
holiness in the day of judgment, be.
cause as he is so are we In this world
wv. 16, 10. The way to get rid OF,
the fear of meeting God In the judg.
ment Is to be living with God now.
W. Gods Love the Ground of AH
Love ". 19).
The reason we love ia that our lives
have. come into touch with the great
sfountainhead of love. The sincomiha
Of Gods being and nature becomes the
animatlng and controlling principle OF
( our lives The one In whom love is
not the master principle dpes not
know God
VII The Child 81 God Possesses
Dual Love tv. 20).
The proof that Que loves the unseen
God is that he loves the pefsDh visible
who bears the likeness and Image Of
God, and has become a member of thd
same faIniIy through the redemption
/ in Christ Jesus. Love to God and mad
II united in the one breast of tho
Christina. The one who hates hid
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