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LESSON FOR MARCH 7
JOHN WRITES ABOUT CHRISTIAN
LOVE.

LESSON TEXT-I John 47-n,
aoLDEN TExT-Beloved. II God 20
loved US. We ought also to love one an
other.-1 John All.
ADDITIONAL WATERFALL John. IL
John. III John,
PRIMARY TOPIC-Loving One Another.
JUNIOR TOPIC-LovinR God and Our
Neighbors.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
People.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
christian Love Upon Society.
!. The Origin Of Love tvv. 2, 81.
Love is OF God. for God is love. God
not merely loves, but he is the foun.
tainhead Of love. Love Of country.
love Of humanity. filial and parental
love, every particle OF love everywhere
mas been derived from God his love Is
lnnnite. eternal and unchangeable.
since love Is Of God, everyone who
loves is born Of God and knoweth God.
Inc 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, 1t should
see his nature expressed in the life
ana love OF the disciple. The Chris
tian's life is the worlds Bible. Where
love Is wanting. knowledge Of God Is
wanting.
u. Gods Manifestation Of Love {vv.
8. 10Y.
Gods method Of making known his
love is through the incarnation-the
sending Of his only begotten Son into
the world to be the propitiation for
our sins (John 3:16). The coming Of
Jesus Christ into the world and his
taxing on human nature makes posi-.
bic life for those who receive him, II
we would know Gods love, let us look
at Jesus Christ. Those who gaze upon
him In reverent contemplation cannot
doubt Gods love.
III. The Supreme Motive Of Love
". 11).
Gods love is the grand incentive
prompting his children to love.
w. Love the Proof That God pwsils
With us wv, 12-18),
1. NO man hath seen God at any
time ". 12). but there Is abundant
proof Of his being. The one unmistak.
able proof Of his being Is love In the
neart OF man. Love Is not native to
the human heart, for the heart II de.
ceitful above all things and desperate.
ly wicked (Jer. 17:8). Out Of the
heart proceeds murder (Matt. IS :19).
Love In the heart IL proof that God
dwells within.
z. Love proves that Gods Spirit is
within US wv. 1870. The fruit Of the
Spirit Is love (Gal. 8 :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 concession. 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.
v. Loves Relation 70 the Judomsnt.
(vv. II, 1s).
1t casts out fear. A Judgment day IL
coming. for God hath appointed day
In which he will judge the world In
Righteousness by that man whom he
hath ordained (Acts II BY. 1t will be
terrible thing for those unprepure,l
I" meet God at that time. but for
those who are indwelt by the living
God there will be IL joyful meeting. He
that dwelleth In God und God In him
Will realize the perfection OF love In
b"ldness In the day Of judgment. de-
cause as he Is NO are we In this world
wv. TO- ~. The way to get rid OF
me fear OF meeting God In the judg.
'nent Is to be living with God now.
VI. Code Love the Ground Of All
Love ". l0).
The reason we love Is that our lives
have come into touch with the great
founfninhend Of love. The incoming
OF Gods being and nature becomes the
aninntihg and controlling principle OF
our lives. The one In whom love In
not the master principle does not
know God.
WI. The Child Of coA rossessss
Dual Love W. 20).
The proof that one loves the unseen
Cod Is that he loves the person visible
who bears the likeness ana Image Of
God. and hns become n member Of the
same family through the redemption
In Christ Jesus. Love to God and man
is united IN the one breast OF the
Christian. The one who hutes his
brother while pretending to love God
Is II liar.
vi'i. The Solemn Command From
God W. 2D.
God commands that those who love
him should love their brethren. Obe.
dicnce to this command Will eliminate
ull war and contentious.
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