Sermon Series:
On this fourth week of Advent, pastoral elder Jadae Fox talks about love referencing 1 John 3.
Sermon Outline
Love like Jesus -- with confidence
- Love means being set apart (Vs. 4-10)
- Love is a Life-or-Death matter (Vs. 11-15)
- We love like Jesus (Vs. 16-18)
- We can Love with confidence (Vs. 19-24)
Study/Discussion Questions
I. Love means being set apart (Vs. 4-10)
1. Who is being set apart and from whom? What is the defining thing that sets us apart?
2. How do you define lawlessness?
II. Love is a Life-or-Death matter (Vs. 11-15)
3. What does it mean to abide in something?
4. We either abide in life OR death… what is the defining difference?
III. We love like Jesus (Vs. 16-18)
5. Love is described as laying down your life… what does that look like for us?
6. Love is also shown by helping those in need… In what way have you seen love from others in this way?
7. Look at 1 Cor. 13:4-7 … what is one part of this passage that is a struggle for you?
IV. We can Love with confidence (Vs. 19-24)
8. What hope and encouragement can we offer someone who struggles to love like this? (Where does our help come from?)
9. What do we do when we fail to love like Jesus? (1 John 1:9)
10. Vs. 32-24 are key… where does are confidence to love like Jesus come from?
Jadae Fox.mp3- Length: 1:02:43
