2. Love Christians are being accused of being hateful
What does it mean to love people?
What is Biblical LOVE? 2

3. Week 1 God is love. Jesus said “Love God and love people.”
We are made in the image of God
All have sinned
Something deep within us changed, soured, poisoned
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do... Romans 7:15
1 Cor 3:8 Love is patient and Love is kind 3

4. Week 2 The first crime- Cain killed Abel ; Jealous
Love is not jealous or envious or boastful or proud

5. Week 3 5 Love is... never haughty or selfish or rude. Love is not...
Full of yourself
About the spotlight
Acting like a jerk
Love is about
Seeking the benefit for others
Letting others shine
Filled with graciousness
Gentlemanly- Respectful and honoring

6. Week 4 Love does not demand it’s own way
Loving “self lessly” results in:
Living for others
Real fellowship
Experiencing God
I wear a thousand masks: being real,

7. Love is not…
Easily angered
Likely to keep a record of wrongs, 7

8. Love is not easily angered
Who has control over you? 8

9. Love is not easily angered
Paul is consistent
Galatians 5: 19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, 21 envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these…” NASB
Anger is a healthy emotion.
Anger: “a strong feeling of displeasure and usually of antagonism”
God gets angry 9

10. Love is not easily angered
Are you a pawn controlled by your emotions?
Are you in charge of your own emotions?
Do people “make” you angry?
Do you choose to be angry?
“I want this ___________ to do what I want.”
MG: I want to be able to park my MG with the others;
Pride? Reward? Validation? Success?
I don’t like being “outsmarted.”
I am not Mr. Spock! 10

11. Love is not= God is not
“The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; Ex 34:6
The Lord is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; Numbers 14:18
Now return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness And relenting of evil. 14 Who knows whether He will not turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him, Joel 2:13 11

12. Love is not…
Easily angered
Likely to keep a record of wrongs, 12

13. Love does not keep a record of wrongs
“If you mess up one more time…”
A feeling of condemnation hangs over you
Love does not expect you to sin
Love is not shame based
“You call yourself a Christian and you did this, and this, and this, and this…”
Love does not shame or humiliate or belittle
Be careful of your language of loved ones in public
Even joking can hurt/ embarrass 13

14. Love does not keep a record of wrongs
Ps 103:10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. NASB

15. Removing sin; not covering sin
“…if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:7-9 NASB
God is faithful and Just
To forgive
To cleanse 15

16. So What? Next time you’re angry:
Step outside yourself to try to see yourself
Step away
What corrective could a person have done?
What are your expectations?
What are you holding against your loved ones?
Who is walking on thin ice? 16