The One Anothers SCRIPTURES QUOTED ARE FROM THE

The “One Anothers” SCRIPTURES QUOTED ARE FROM THE NASB TRANSLATION UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

Love…All Things The Components

“Love One Another” Love is ESSENTIAL Love ENRICHES AND EDIFIES 1 Corinthians 13 – “The Love Chapter” 15 components which are present, or most not be present for Love to be Love

15 Components That Make Love, Love 1 - Love is Patient – temperament under control When others make mistakes, love gives them time to correct their mistakes 2 - Love is Kind – does things for the benefit of others 3 - Love is Not Jealous – love is other oriented; does not make everything is about oneself

15 Components That Make Love, Love 4 - Love is Not Boastful – Do not verbally promote self 5 - Love is Not Puffed Up – Does not act arrogantly 6 - Love does Not Act Unbecomingly – Behaves correctly in a given circumstances 7 - Love does Not Seek Its Own – Love does not

15 Components That Make Love, Love 8 - Love is Not Easily Provoked – does not walk around with a chip on one’s shoulder & does not allow anger to fester. 9 - Love does Not Keep Records of Wrong– Love has a good forgetter, choses not to keep records. Theme from Frozen - “Let It Go”

15 Components That Make Love, Love 10 - Love does Not Rejoice In Unrighteousness– Love does not celebrate sin. 11 - Love Rejoices In the Truth – Love celebrates what is pure, true and good. “Finally, brethren, whatever is true…dwell on these things” (Philippians 4: 8)

Love…All Things The Final 5 Components

Love All Things? Love the sinner? Psalms 5: 4, 5; Psalm 11: 5 cf. John 3: 16 Love sin? Proverbs 6: 16 -19 Love injustice? Love corruption? Remember #10 Love does not rejoice in

Love All Things? “Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ” To “Love of the World” – is to have a strong attachment to the World System. Love of the World - rejoices in a system contrary to God

Love All Things? “Do not love … the things in the world. To have a strong attachments to stuff: Money - “Love of money is the root of all evil” Stocks/bonds Material things

12 - “Love bears all things” “to bear up under” Strong’s “…to cover. . To endure because shielded, …because under the Lord’s protection Helps Word-studies “to cover with silence, to keep secret, to hide or to conceal. . i. e. hides and excuses, the errors and faults of others” Thayer’s Greek

“Love bears all things” Old Testament Sacrifice – A temporary covering Think about what Christ went through Consider the hardships Paul endured due to His love for the Lord, the church and the lost. Many who are hurt, give up on God, church, or people

“Love believes all things” “…to believe, have faith in” Strong’s “to think to be true; to be persuaded of, to credit, to place confidence in” Thayer’s Greek Lexicon To give others the benefit of the doubt when we do not know all the facts. To not jump to conclusions

“Love hopes all things” “…to hope, expect, trust” Strong’s “to hope, to actively wait for God's fulfillment…through the power of His love” Helps Word-studies. For ourselves, For other individual believers For the church, for the Christ’s reign

“Love hopes all things” Sometimes that change is pain staking slow We have not arrived – But love sees the potential Love looks ahead at what could be – what will be We recognize it will not ultimately be completed in this life

“Love hopes all things” “Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. ” 1 John 3: 2

“Love endures all things” “to remain behind, to stand my ground… to bear up against, to persevere” Strong’s “For this reason I endure all things for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory. ” 2 Timothy 2: 10

“Love never fails” Other gifts will fade, they served their purpose and eventually are no longer needed, become extinct. 3 things remain – Faith, hope, love Love is the greatest There is a tenacity to Love

“Love” Love is ESSENTIAL – without it everything else = 0 Love ENRICHES & EDIFIES – It takes a lot & gives a lot Love ENDURES – It will be standing in the end Love is EVASIVE – We are to “pursue” Love 14: 1