God is Love
1 John 4:7-21
Part of GOD OF LIGHT, GOD OF LOVE—I John
August 23, 2021

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GOD IS LOVE
1 John 4:7-21 | 08.22.2021


WHAT IS LOVE?
• What is love’s source?

.
• What does love look like? The arrival of .

GOD IS LOVE
• Love is the

of his . It’s not just something he does. It’s who and what he is.
• To genuinely know and understand the true identity of God is to become . If we truly apprehend the person of God, it will lead us to change how we live and .
• To enjoy God’s love has a requirement: the of a broken that can only be accomplished by Jesus Christ.

GOD INSPIRES US TO LOVE
1. He inspires us by the

of His love.
2. The is at work in us, expressing God’s love in and sacrificial ways.
3. God inspires us through our .

LOVE MADE COMPLETE
• God’s love is made complete in us by

and believing.
• God’s love is made complete among us by it.

LOVE DRIVES OUT FEAR
1. Right fear: drives you

God.
2. Sinful fear: drives you from God.

PASSAGE

1 John 4:7-21
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 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.

13 This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 17 This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

19 We love because he first loved us. 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 21 And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.

SONGS

Great Things

Verse 1
Come let us worship our King
Come let us bow at His feet
He has done great things
See what our Savior has done
See how His love overcomes
He has done great things
He has done great things

Chorus
O Hero of Heaven
You conquered the grave
You free every captive
and break every chain
O God
You have done great things

We dance in Your freedom
awake and alive
O Jesus our Savior
Your name lifted high
O God
You have done great things

Verse 2
You’ve been faithful
through every storm
You’ll be faithful forevermore
You have done great things
And I know You will do it again
For Your promise
is yes and amen
You will do great things
God You do great things

Bridge
Hallelujah God above it all
Hallelujah God unshakable
Hallelujah You have done great things

Ending
You have done great things
O God You do great things

CCLI Song # 7111321

I Will Rest

Verse 1
Not my will but Yours
Not my strength but Yours
Lift my eyes to see
all the plans You have for me
Jesus

Verse 2
Take my life it’s Yours
Every step secured
You know the past
Yet Your love outlasts my fears Jesus

Chorus
I will rest
in the promise of Your grace
I will boast
in the power of Your name
In my weakness You are strong
My faith will carry on in You

Verse 3
When all I hear is noise
God make clear Your voice
Lift my eyes to see
all the plans You have for me Jesus

Bridge
You are the rock it’s where I stand
Your grace for me will never end
All fear is gone it has no place
In You alone I find my strength

CCLI Song # 7043066

The King of my Heart

Verse 1
Let the King of my heart
be the mountain where I run
The fountain I drink from,
oh, He is my song
Let the King of my heart
be the shadow where I hide
The ransom for my life,
oh, He is my song

Chorus
You are good, good, ohoh
You are good, good, ohoh
You are good, good, ohoh
You are good, good, ohoh

Verse 2
Let the King of my heart
be the wind inside my sails
The anchor in the waves,
oh, He is my song
Let the King of my heart
be the fire inside my veins
The echo of my days,
oh, He is my song

Verse 3
Let the King of my heart be the wind inside my sails
The anchor in the waves,
oh, He is my song
Let the King of my heart
be the fire inside my veins
The echo of my days,
oh, He is my song

Bridge
You’re never gonna let,
never gonna let me down
You’re never gonna let,
never gonna let me down

CCLI Song No. 7046145

Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me

Verse 1
What gift of grace
is Jesus my redeemer
There is no more
for heaven now to give
He is my joy my righteousness and freedom
My steadfast love
my deep and boundless peace

To this I hold
my hope is only Jesus
For my life is wholly bound to his
Oh how strange and divine
I can sing all is mine
Yet not I but through Christ in me

Verse 2
The night is dark
but I am not forsaken
For by my side
the Saviour he will stay
I labour on
in weakness and rejoicing
For in my need
his power is displayed

To this I hold
my Shepherd will defend me
Through the deepest valley
he will lead
Oh the night has been won
and I shall overcome
Yet not I but through Christ in me

Verse 3
No fate I dread
I know I am forgiven
The future sure
the price it has been paid
For Jesus bled
and suffered for my pardon
And he was raised
to overthrow the grave

To this I hold
my sin has been defeated
Jesus now and ever is my plea
Oh the chains are released
I can sing I am free
Yet not I but through Christ in me

Verse 4
With every breath
I long to follow Jesus
For he has said
that he will bring me home
And day by day
I know he will renew me
Until I stand
with joy before the throne

To this I hold
my hope is only Jesus
All the glory evermore to him
When the race is complete
still my lips shall repeat
Yet not I but through Christ in me

CCLI Song # 7121852