1. who loves: you shall have no
The God
who loves: you shall have no
other gods
Exodus 20:2-3 &
1 John 4:1-16
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Love God – Love each other – Love the lost

2. “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.”
Whitfield Parish
Love God – Love each other – Love the lost

3. Materialism – I am what I can see, have & consume
Other gods?
Materialism – I am what I can see, have & consume
- Secularism, pluralism & liberalism
Spiritualism
- Experience – I am what I’ve done
Whitfield Parish
Love God – Love each other – Love the lost

4. Creator and sustainer of the universe Personal - Rescuer
Who are you?
Creator and sustainer of the universe
Personal
- Rescuer
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Love God – Love each other – Love the lost

5. God is love Whitfield Parish
Love God – Love each other – Love the lost

6. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
Whitfield Parish
Love God – Love each other – Love the lost

7. The Trinitarian Relational God
Whitfield Parish
Love God – Love each other – Love the lost