The 9: Learning to Live Authentically
“Love”
1John 4:7-21 (CSB)
Key Truth: “How we live will be determined by the transformation of our character.”
Spiritual Formation- “The process of being formed into the image of Christ for the sake of others.”-Robert Mulholland, Invitation to a Journey, 16.
Main Question: What does the fruit of love demonstrate in the life of the believer as the Spirit forms it in us?
1. Love demonstrates knowledge of God.
(1John 4:7-8;13,16)
2. Love demonstrates evidence of God.
(1John 4: 9-10;14-15)
3. Love demonstrates the presence of God.
(1John 4:11-12;17-21)
After the Message:
Read 1John 3:11-18. What is the message that John’s readers had heard from the beginning? What is the state of those who do not love? How do we know love? How should we live a life of love?
