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MAIN IDEA God is our perfect example of love because He is love. His love is perfect and amazing, because He sent His Son to die for us and take our punishment, even though we are sinners and enemies of God. ESV
MEMORY VERSES EPHESIANS 2:4-5 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved. ESV
Share what you wrote about or drew in Start Here. INTRODUCTION Share what you wrote about or drew in Start Here. ESV
Why do you love the people you love? INTRODUCTION Why do you love the people you love? How do you show your love to those people? Where does love come from? How did God show His love for us? ESV
MAIN LESSON 1. Loving another person means doing what’s best for them, even if it means that we don’t get the best for ourselves. ESV
MAIN LESSON Ephesians 2:4-5 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved. ESV
MAIN LESSON 2. God created us for a love relation-ship with Him, but our sin keeps us from that relationship. Because God is just, someone must take the punish-ment for our sin, which is death. ESV
MAIN LESSON Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. ESV
MAIN LESSON 3. But because God loved us, He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to take our punishment. ESV
MAIN LESSON 1 John 4:9-10 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. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. ESV
MAIN LESSON 4. God’s love is much stronger and more amazing than our love. He loved us and did what was best for us, even though we were sinners and didn’t deserve His love at all! ESV
MAIN LESSON Ephesians 2:4-5 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved. ESV
What does it mean that God is love? FAITH IN ACTION What does it mean that God is love? We deserve death because of our sin, but what did God do for us instead? How will that affect the way you think and act in your day-to-day life? ESV
SUM IT UP Loving another person means doing what’s best for them, even if it means that we don’t get the best for ourselves. ESV
SUM IT UP Remember that God created us for a love relationship with Him, but our sin keeps us from that relationship. Because God is just, someone must pay the punishment for our sin, which is death. ESV
SUM IT UP But because God loved us, He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to take our punishment. ESV
SUM IT UP God’s love is much stronger and more amazing than our love. He loved us and did what was best for us, even though we were sinners and didn’t deserve His love at all! ESV
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