
Love, Obedience, and Freedom
1 John 5:1-4
January 15, 2023
1. Those Born of God Love
, His
, and His
! (Vs. 1-3a, John 14:15, Matt 22:36-40)
John 14:15, “If you love me, you will keep my commands.”
Matthew 22:36-40, “Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and most important command. The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commands.”
2. Those Born of God are
to Obey By Faith in the
! (Vs. 3b-4, Matt 11:28-30, Acts 3:14-16)
Matthew 11:28-30, ““Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take up my yoke and learn from me, because I am lowly and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.””
Acts 3:14-16, “You denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer released to you. You killed the source of life, whom God raised from the dead; we are witnesses of this. By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. So the faith that comes through Jesus has given him this perfect health in front of all of you.”
1 Corinthians 15:56-58, “The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”