Love is Something You Do Part 2 of 3

Love is Something You Do (Part 2 of 3)

“Love Modeled”

John 13:34

Introduction Jn 7:46; 13:34

I. “A New Commandment … Love One Another.”

II. The Criterion that Jesus Uses for Love

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” (Jn 13:34 NASB)

A. Jesus’ Love was Unconditional

B. Jesus’ Love was Unselfish

C. Jesus’ Love was Undeniable

D. Sacrificial Jn 15:13

“Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down His life for His friends.” (Jn 15:13 NASB)

E. Unending Jn 13:1;  Rom 5:5

“Having loved His own, He loved them to the end.” (Jn 13:1 NASB)

III. The Catalyst for Our Love Jn 13:34; 1 Jn 4:19

“I have loved you In Order That you also love one another.”

“We love because God first loved us.” (1 Jn 4:19 EZ2Rd)

 IV. The Characteristic Mark Of His Followers Jn 13:35; Rom 13:8-10; 1 Cor 13:7; 1 Jn 4:7-8, 11

“By this all people will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” (Jn 13:35 NASB)

 “All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: you shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Rom 13:8 NASB)