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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. KJV
MEMORY VERSES EPHESIANS 2:4-5 But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved). KJV
Share what you wrote about or drew in Start Here. INTRODUCTION Share what you wrote about or drew in Start Here. KJV
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? KJV
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. KJV
MAIN LESSON Ephesians 2:4-5 But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved). KJV
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. KJV
MAIN LESSON Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. KJV
MAIN LESSON 3. But because God loved us, He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to take our punishment. KJV
MAIN LESSON 1 John 4:9-10 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. KJV
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! KJV
MAIN LESSON Ephesians 2:4-5 But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved). KJV
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? KJV
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. KJV
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. KJV
SUM IT UP But because God loved us, He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to take our punishment. KJV
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! KJV
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