The Mountainair independent., 1920-02-26
IMPROVED UNlFoRN INTERNATIONAL
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LESSON
(By REV. +. Is. + ITZWATER, ID. d..
Teacher of English Bible In the MOODY
Bible Institute OF Chica.oD
Copyright, 1920 Western Newspaper Union)
LESSON FOR MARCH 7
JOHN WRITES ABOUT CHRISTIAN
LOVE.

LESSON TEXT John 4:7-2l.
GOLDEN TEXT-Beloved. If God SO
loved us, we ought also TO love one an
other-I John All
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL John. II
John, III John
PRIMARY TOPIC--Lovng One Another.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Loving God and Our
Neighbors
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR TOPIC
How to Show Love for God and His
People.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Christian Love Upon Society.
!. The Origin Of Love Wv. I, S).
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
has been derived from God his love is
Infinite, eternal and Interchangeable.
Since love is of God, everyone who
loves is born Of God ana 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
tian'S life Is the worlds Bible. Where
lcve is wanting, knowledge of God Is
wanting.
II. Gods Manifestation OF Love (vv.
9, 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 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. If
we would know Gods love, let us look
at Jesus Christ. Those who gaze upon
him in reverent contemplation cannot
doubt Gods love.
III. Tho Supreme Motive Of Love
". 1D.
Gods love is the grand incentive
prompting his children to love.
". Love the Proof That God DweIls
With Us wv. 12-16).
l. 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
heart Of man. Love is not native to
the human heart, for the heart is de-
ceitful above all things and desperate
| ly wicked (Jer. II :9). Out of the
heart proceeds murder Matt. 15:1W.
Love in the heart Is proof that God
| dwells within.
2. Love proves that Gods Spirit is
within us (vv. 1870. The fruit of the
Spirit Is love (Gal. ) :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.
V. Loves Relation to the Judgment
wv. II, 1S).
1t casts out fear. \ judgment day Il
coming, for God hath appointed day
in which he will judge the world II
righteousness by that man whom HI
hath ordained (Acts II :3D. 1t will b'
terrible thing for those unpreparet
to meet God at that time, but foI
those who are indwelt by the livinI
God there will be joyful meeting. II,
that dwelleth in God and God in hin
will realize the perfection of love il
boldness in the day of judgment, be
cause as he is SO are we in this worlt
wv. lG, 10. The way to get rid 0
the fear Of meeting God in the judg
ment is to be living with God now.
VI. Gods Love the Ground of Al
Love ". l9).
The reason we love is that our live
have come into touch with the grea
f0untanhead of love. The incOmin
VI uUu > DtllS unu Hi(uIc UtCulilcS I'll
anmating and controlling principle o
our lives. The one In whom love
not the master principle does nc
know God.
WI. The Child OF God Possesse
Dual Love ". 2O).
The proof that one loves the unSee
God Is that he loves the person viSibl
who bears the likeness and image G
God and has become II member of tn
same family through the redemptio
in Christ Jesus. Love to God and ma
is united in the one breast of I'll
Christian. The one who hates hi
brother willie pretending to love Go
Is q liar.
VII. The Solemn Command FroI
God ". 2D,
God commands that those who loN
him should love their brethren. OBJ
dience to this command will elimiuat
all war and contentious.