Series: “Love Gifts: What Matter’s Most!”- Part 1
Sermon: “True Love”
Scripture Lesson: 1 Corinthians 13:3-7
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Series: “Love Gifts: What Matters Most!”
“True Love”
Pastor Jerry
January 12, 2020
(Complete this sentence): My number one goal in life is ___________________________________________________________?
What Matters Most?
Make ________ the highest aim of your life. Why?
Because ____________________________________________
Jesus said, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and all your soul, and all your mind and all your strength. And love your neighbor as yourself. There are no commands more important than these.” (Mark 12)
“Everything you do must be done with ________.” 1 Cor. 6:14
What is True Love?
Your Definition of Love _____________________________
Love is kind, patient, isn’t jealous, doesn’t brag, is not arrogant, doesn’t act unbecomingly and is not provoked. (1 Cor. 13)
- Love is … ______________________
“Be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.” Eph. 4:2
- Love is … ______________________
“Be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you.” Eph. 4:32
- Love is … ______________________
What difference might it make for you to say to somebody today, “No matter what happens, no matter what we have to go through in life, no matter what the struggles or difficulties, no matter what happens, I love you.”
- Love is … ______________________
A person falls in love because of the way they feel about themselves when they’re with a person who makes them feels needed, capable, important and loved because of who they are.
- Love is … ______________________
“”Love always protects, love always trusts, love always hopes and love always perseveres.” 1 Cor. 13:7
“Let _________ be your greatest aim.” 1 Cor. 14:1
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Series: Love Gifts: What Matters Most! (Part 1)
True Love
1 Corinthians 13:3-7
Pastor Jerry
January 12, 2020
I want to begin this new series of messages today about “What Matters Most” by asking you a question. How would you complete this sentence? My number one goal in life is _______!
What word, what phrase would you use?
However you answer that question is what I call your dominant life principle. It’s the most important value in your life. It’s what matters most!
Now, what does God have to say about this? He has a lot to say about it. In the Bible in 1 Corinthians 14:1 he says this, “Let love be your greatest aim.” He says you should make as the number one goal … love.
Why does he say that? Because God is love and he wants you to be like him. Life is all about learning how to love. In fact, one day Jesus was asked this question, “Lord what is the most important command in the Bible.” Jesus said, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and all your soul, and all your mind and all your strength. And love your neighbor as yourself. There are no commands more important than these.” (Mark 12). That’s pretty clear.
Jesus said nothing in the Bible, nothing at all, is more important than these two things. Learn to love God with all your heart and, learn to love everybody else. He said if you get those two things, you’ve got it. Make love your highest aim. In fact, the Bible says this, 1 Corinthians 16:14 “Everything you do must be done with love.” Today we’re going to begin the journey of how you do everything with love.
The first message about What Matters Most is about “True Love.” A lot of people have questions about love. What is true Love? It’s sort of mysterious. A lot of times we don’t know why love acts like it acts.
What is true Love? Fortunately, the God who thought all of this up in the first place, Who made us to be loving people, the God who is Love, He tells us what love is. 1 Corinthians 13 is the definition of how love acts: “Love is kind, patient, isn’t jealous, doesn’t brag, is not arrogant, doesn’t act unbecomingly and is not provoked.” It gives us this list of how love acts.
I want us to take this list and let it help us evaluate how healthy are our relationships.Why do you love the way you do?
“Love is patient…” It’s hard to change old habits. That means it has to take time
“Love is kind…” We are confused about life. Love should always be unconditional.
“Love is secure…” You love a person because they are who they are …PERIOD!
“Love is giving…” Each person has value …worth …because they are wonderfully made.
“Love is action…” Appreciate a person for what they …not what you want them to be.
I deeply believe that in order to love, I have to be loved. It all starts with God loving me, God loving you. When I realize that God loves me no matter what…then it changes the way I love, it changes my life.
Today, some of us need to begin to discover that kind of love that God has for us. Trust Christ in your life. The most important value in your life–what matters most– is this, “Let love be your greatest aim.”
Decide …to follow Jesus… His way of True Love.