Series: I John Love the People of God 11/19/23

Porter Podcast

Series: I John

Love the People of God

I John 3 & 4

I have written these things to you who believe in the name

of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

I John 5:13

3 Assuring Signs

· You believe the right things.

· Your life is changing.

· You love the people of God.

I John 3:10-20

Mankind’s default response is not love.

Love is not self-generated; it is a work of the gospel in our lives.

Love is verbal, but it is also tangible.

Two primary characteristics of love are selflessness and sacrifice.

I John 4:7-21

“God is love” does not mean the emotion of love is always God or that love is God’s only attribute-- it reminds us that love is the core of God’s being.

Because our Creator is love, mankind instinctively knows the rightness of love.

As we mature in faith, we should see love growing.

We are not saved because we love, we love because we are in Him and He is in us.

I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love,

may be able to comprehend with all the saints

what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love,

and to know Christ’s love that surpasses knowledge,

so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Ephesians 3:16-19

My confidence in His love gives me confidence in my eternity.

how do you know that you know?

· You know because you are becoming like Christ.

· You know because you love.

· You know because you believe.