You Can't Love Until You've Been Loved
1 John 4:7-21
Travis Agnew
Part of Sunday Messages
December 2, 2021

You Can’t Love Until You’ve Been Loved

1 John 4:7-21
Our love for God and for others is contingent upon HIs love for us. We are incapable of loving another until we grasp the unfathomable love of God.

Since God Loves Us (4:7-12)
Since God loves us, we should be known for our love for

.
You can’t claim to know God if you don’t love the He loves (4:7-8).
The forbids us ever to question if God truly loves us (4:9-10).
The tangible way we love others is what puts God’s love practically on (4:11-12).

Since God Lives in Us (4:13-21)
Since God lives in us, we should exhibit

that we will endure to the end.
The presence of the reminds us that we are never detached from God (4:13-16).
The sacrifice of eliminates the fear from our lives that punishment still awaits us (4:17-18).
The love of the robs us of any excuse as to why we can’t love others (4:19-21).

The greater we comprehend the love of God, the more natural our love will be for

.