Love is the motivating force for life

Faces, faces, everywhere, all wanting to be loved;

Books, songs, movies all predominately about love.

WHAT IS LOVE?

Throughout the Bible, there is a pattern – over and over

The answer comes out the same

God made all the earth perfect – then made man to live here.

Genesis 1:26 – "Let us make a man"…….so,

LOVE IS CREATIVE

He had to Discipline them

Genesis 3:23 – Banished from the Garden, so….

LOVE IS CORRECTION

God made a provision for a way back to Him again –

Genesis 3:15 – The promise of a Savior, so….

LOVE IS CONCERN

Throughout the Bible, God keeps His promises –

Romans 3:4 – God’s words will always prove true, so…

LOVE IS CONFIDENCE

God gives us a framework to live within –

Psalm 119:165 – Those who love your laws, have great peace  

of heart and mind and do not stumble.

LOVE IS CERTAINTY

(Webster: Certainty-"A faith or belief so strong that it resists all attack")

When we love His laws and live within them, we will 

have the peace He promises.

God listens and answers when we seek Him –

Psalm 138:16 – "When I pray, You answer me, and encourage  

me, by giving me the strength I need."

LOVE IS COMMUNICATION

God gave the very best He had for us –

John 3:16 – "For God so loved the world…that He gave…."

LOVE IS CHRIST

Christ shows us the way in God –

John 14:6 – "I am the way, the truth and the life, no one can 

come to the Father except through Me."

LOVE IS CONSISTENT

Christ is Faithful –

John 10:28 – "I give them eternal life and they shall never perish…

no one shall snatch them away from Me."

LOVE IS CONSTANT

Christ helps us to be happy in all things –

Philippians 4:11 – "For I have learned to be content 

whatever the circumstances."

LOVE IS CONTENT

 Christ brings joy and meaning to our life - 

1 John 5:12 - "Whoever has the Son, has life."

LOVE IS COMPLETE

 

Now we "C" what love is:

 

It is:

CREATIVE

CORRECTIVE

CONCERNED & CONFIDENT

CERTAIN

It COMMUNICATES

Love is CHRIST

Through Him we learn that love is:

CONSISTENT & CONSTANT

It brings CONTENTMENT

And makes life COMPLETE

 

1 John 4:10

"We see now what REAL LOVE is –

Not our love for God,

But – His love for us.

When He sent His Son."