Oakwood Church
Trinitarian Love - 1 John 4:7-12
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God… Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”
1 John 4:7,11
1 John 4:7,11
Why loving relationships in the church are so essential:
1. God’s Nature is love
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God.”
1 John 4:7
1. God’s Nature is love
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God.”
1 John 4:7
1. God’s Nature is love
• The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are eternally United in self-giving, mutually glorifying relationship
“Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
1 John 4:8
• The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are eternally United in self-giving, mutually glorifying relationship
“Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
1 John 4:8
“To the Bishops of Egypt. Considering that this struggle is for our all… let us also make it our earnest care and aim to guard what we have received.”
~ Athansius, c. 350 A.D.
~ Athansius, c. 350 A.D.
1. God’s Nature is love
• Failure to love reveals a lack of Connection with God
“Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
1 John 4:8
• Failure to love reveals a lack of Connection with God
“Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
1 John 4:8
Why loving relationships in the church are so essential:
2. God’s love is our Life
“In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.”
1 John 4:9
2. God’s love is our Life
“In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.”
1 John 4:9
2. God’s love is our Life
• The ultimate demonstration of love is Jesus
“In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.”
1 John 4:9
• The ultimate demonstration of love is Jesus
“In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.”
1 John 4:9
2. God’s love is our Life
• By giving up His life, Jesus United believers with God
“In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” 1 John 4:10
• By giving up His life, Jesus United believers with God
“In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” 1 John 4:10
Why loving relationships in the church are so essential:
3. God’s Glory is revealed in our love
“Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”
1 John 4:11
3. God’s Glory is revealed in our love
“Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”
1 John 4:11
3. God’s Glory is revealed in our love
• We experience the life of the Trinity when we love
“No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us.”
1 John 4:12a
• We experience the life of the Trinity when we love
“No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us.”
1 John 4:12a
3. God’s Glory is revealed in our love
• People are Attracted to God when we love well
“If we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.”
1 John 4:12a
• People are Attracted to God when we love well
“If we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.”
1 John 4:12a