1. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:10a-23 Making sure you're still in sync. What love is not - 3:10b-15

2. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:10a-23 When we don't do what is right and fail to love our brother, we are not in sync with God. John is still talking about Christians.

3. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:10a-23 John uses a form of "brother" nine times in eight verses. The discussion is about loving "one another".

4. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:11 John 13:34 To believers after Judas has left. ________________________________________ Only believers can obey this.

5. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:12 Even a family relationship doesn't prevent this from happening.

6. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:12 It's not uncommon for those who are not walking with the Lord to spiritual envy, even hatred, for those who are.

7. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:12 Those who have God's approval vs. those who do not. 1 Cor. 11:19

8. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:13 If a brother can hate you, it shouldn't surprise you that the world does, too.

9. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:14 The Apostles were able know, to recognize, their experience of love as an experience of life. ____________________ To walk with God is to experience life. Romans 8:5-13

10. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:14 When we don't love other believers experience life. _____________________________ When we hate other believers, we are living in the sphere of death, where the world is (v. 13)

11. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:15 "his brother" Matt. 5:20-22; Mk. 7:20-22 _______________________________________________ "abiding" David?

12. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:15 When we don't love other Christians, eternal life is not a controlling influence in our lives. _______________________________________ When we stay close to Jesus, He stays close to us and has a controlling influence in our lives. John 15:1-7

13. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:16-18 What love is - 3:16-18

14. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:16 Cain took his brother's life. __________________ Jesus gave His life for us! __________________ He is our example!

15. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:17 Life vs. Life! _____________________________ Sharing the material things that sustain life = Laying down our lives!

16. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:17 "shuts up his heart" = "locks up his sympathies" _________________________ "and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him" - KJV ____________________________ We "feel their pain"

17. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:17 And, some say biblical love is without emotion!!?? ________________________ God's love is not functioning in a person like this!

18. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:17 Sometimes it's easier to say we'll die for someone than to actually help them in time of need.

19. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:16 Genuine love demands action! Genuine love matches up with biblical truth!

20. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:19-23 What love does for Believers 3:19-23

21. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:19 When we act on biblical truth, we are in sync with God! ________________________ However, there are times are emotions tell us otherwise...

22. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:19 When we act on biblical truth, we are in sync with God! ________________________ However, there are times are emotions tell us otherwise...

23. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:20 We all have had tried to love and felt we haven't done enough, we think about past failures, and such.

24. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:20 We may experience a sense of mixed motives. ____________________ We feel a sense of guilt that doesn't take into account what we're doing and feel badly.

25. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:20 But God knows it all! _______________________ He evaluates actions and gives proper credit!

26. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:20 "before Him" = STRONG! Prayer is emphasized in the context (v. 22).

27. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:20 We may be tempted to lose confidence in prayer. But we can count on God's matchless love and mercy when we approach Him.

28. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:21 Of course, our hearts may be trained by the reality of who our God is!

29. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:22 Confidence leads to answered prayer!

30. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:22 God is pleased when we obey! ________________________ Obedience leads to answered prayer!

31. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:22 Obedient Christians will not ask for what is not pleasing to God. ________________________ Obedient Christians will make all prayer subject to God's will when in doubt (Lk. 22:42). ________________________ Why would we want anything else?

32. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:22 One of the main things we should pray for is the realization of God's will! Matt. 6:10; Acts 21:14

33. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:22 When we know God's will, we should pray directly for that. 1 John 5:14-15

34. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:23 What does it mean to "keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight"?

35. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:23 First, we are to "believe the name of His son Jesus Christ"... 1) For eternal life (John 20:30-31) and... 2) For effective prayer (John 14:13-14; 15:16)

36. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:23 Next, love (with faith) summarizes all the commands. John 13:34-35; Romans 13:8, 10

37. Recognizing Christian Love - 3:23 God's will = Faith in His Son's name and obedience to His Son's commandment!

38. What's it all about? 1 Timothy 1:5 The goal or purpose of learning the Word is to love those for whom Christ died!