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Love on Display

January 21, 2024

1 John 4:12

12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

Matthew 22:36-40

36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Read 1 John 4:12

  1. According to this passage, how is God’s nature made tangible and visible to others?
  2. Discuss the difference between love as a feeling and love as an action. Which of these do you think John is talking about here? Why?
  3. How does the idea of God’s love becoming complete in you strike you? Does this mean God’s love in us might be incomplete?

Read Matthew 22:36-40

  1. Jesus does not just pull his answer to the question out of thin air. Do a little google research on where He might have come up with his answer.
  2. Discuss what it means to love God with all your heart. With all your soul. With all your mind. How are these the same? How are they different?
  3. What do you think Jesus means by saying, ‘And the second is like it’?
  4. What is your best understanding of the Law and the Prophets hanging on these two commandments?
  5. Of these two commandments, which is easier for you to follow? Which is more difficult?
  6. How will you work this week on the commandment which is more difficult?