2. TO BE KNOWN & LOVED  8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

3. TO BE KNOWN & LOVED  1 John 4:7-12 (NLT) 7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.

4. TO BE KNOWN & LOVED   8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

5. TO BE KNOWN & LOVED  9 God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. 10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.

6. TO BE KNOWN & LOVED  11 Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. 12 No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.

7. TO BE KNOWN & LOVED  Luke 19:1-10 (NLT) 1 Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town. 2 There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had become very rich. 3 He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way. 5 When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. “Zacchaeus!” he said. “Quick, come down! I must be a guest in your home today.”

8. TO BE KNOWN & LOVED  6 Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy.

9. TO BE KNOWN & LOVED  7 But the people were displeased. “He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled.

10. TO BE KNOWN & LOVED  8 Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood before the Lord and said, “I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have cheated people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much!”

11. TO BE KNOWN & LOVED  9 Jesus responded, “Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a true son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”

12. TO BE KNOWN & LOVED  2 Corinthians 5:18-19 (NKJV) 18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 

13. TO BE KNOWN & LOVED  John 3:17 (NKJV) 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

14. TO BE KNOWN & LOVED  The Rivers Edge Church  Authentic/Real connections  Power source: Love  Operation Grid: Relationships  Mission: Love God/Love people

15. TO BE KNOWN & LOVED  Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.

16. TO BE KNOWN & LOVED  1. What is your name, and what do you do for a living?  2. How long have you been attending the Rivers Edge?  3. Do you know at least 6 people in the church right now?

17. TO BE KNOWN & LOVED  Revelation 3:20 (NKJV) 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

18. TO BE KNOWN & LOVED  Revelation 3:21 (NKJV) 21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. 