Talk no. 6 loving your neighbor11
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TALK NO. 6LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR
CFC SINGLES FOR CHRIST
THE AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN
Talk by: sis Tintin SFC Mapandan
GOAL
Explain the meaning of Christian Love and to
help people apply Christian Love in their lives…
Define “LOVE”
Loving your neighbor, together with
loving God is a form of CORE of the
CHRISTIAN LIFE.
JESUS summed up the whole law in these
two greatest commandments.
LOVE IS . . . .
“If anyone says “ I LOVE GOD” but he
hates his brother, he is liar. For anyone who
does not love his brother, whom he has seen,
cannot love GOD whom has not seen. And
he has given us this command; Whoever
loves GOD must love his brother.”
1 JOHN 4:20-21
What Christian – LOVE is NOT?
1. Love is NOT only having POSITIVE FEELINGS
2. Love is NOT always saying “YES”
3. Love is NOT defensive
4. Love is NOT self-seeking
5. Love is NOT manipulative.
1. Love is NOT only having POSITIVE FEELINGS
Feelings of Sexual Attraction
Personal Affection
Warmth
BUT feelings change,
and thus cannot be the sole basis for love.
Feelings follow true love, but love is not equal to feelings
What Christian – LOVE is NOT?
2. Love is NOT always saying “YES”.
a. To serve others or put them first does not
mean never turning down opportunities
to serve.
b. We have wrong concept of a LOVING PERSON
As a NICE GUY who tries to please everybody.
What Christian – LOVE is NOT?
3. Love is NOT defensive
Love is a risky business.
Love seems to set one up to get hurt.
Christian love is not guaranteed to be painless.
BUT the pain endured through commitment, and injury is sustained through
forgiveness,
forbearance …
What Christian – LOVE is NOT?
4. LOVE is NOT SELF-SEEKING
Christian Love is READY for
SELF-DENIAL.
We recognize that putting others first can be bothersome or inconvenient for us.
What Christian – LOVE is NOT?
5. Love is NOT Manipulative
Sometimes we manipulate that LOVE is
REWARD
PUNISHMENT!
But when we get hurt is a
LOVE IS SO POWERFUL, people are tempted to use it
In this way.
But this is a CONDITIONAL FORM of LOVE.
What Christian – LOVE is NOT?
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in His love.”
John 15:9-10
Greater love has no one than this, that He lay down His life for His friends.
John 15:14
You are my friends if you do what I command.
How does Jesus LOVE?John 15:13
But most are not called to actually die for others.
How the do we translate love into practical everyday terms?
Dying on the Cross was not the only example Jesus gave.
He demonstrated
CHRISTIAN LOVE
as
SERVICE LOVE
JESUS commanded us to love each other
committed in our service. (Galatians 5:13-14)
Question: Who is your neighbor?
Can you choose whom to love?
The implication for us:All men in need of your help are your
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The Good SamaritanLuke 10:29-37
Patient – slow to anger, able to give allowance for
shortcoming of others.
Kind – not an attitude of criticism, but posture and speech that is up building and encourage
Not Jealous – not coveting what others have.
Not pompous or inflated – humble
Not Rude – accord honor and respect to one another.
Characteristics of Christian Love.
(1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
Not self-seeking – not focused on having your rights met, but more on your duties
Not quick-tempered – able to master your emotions and feelings.
Not brood over injury – not holding grudges or resentments
Not Rejoicing over wrongdoing – always seeking the good of others, even enemies.
Rejoicing the truth – telling the truth to one another
Forbears – can bear insult, injury, disappointment, without taking counter action; has self-control.
Trusts – believing the best about other people.
Hopes – having a positive attitude towards life and problem; can remain joyful and peaceful under any circumstances.
Endures – can bear things, not with passive resignation but with triumphant fortitude.
Christian love is a command, and it is essential to
Christianity.
1. We have seen that
LOVE is NOT _____
2. We have seen that
Love is ______
We discuss the Characteristics of LOVE.
Conclusion
Always remember that:
God commanded us to LOVE
also gives us the power to love.
To enable us to love,
God made us temples of the Holy Spirit.