BIG IDEA:
We are to love, care for, and lay down our lives for our fellow brothers & sisters

I. Review
II. The Test of genuine fellowship (love)
1. Love defined
Eros / Philautia / Philia / Xenia / Storge / Agape
2. Love, light, and our neighbors (1 John 2:7-11)
Leviticus 19:18 / Mark 12:31 / John 3:34-25
3. Loving one another (1 John 3:11-18)
4. God is love (1 John 4:7-21)
III. Summary of John’s statements
To be in the light is to love our brothers (2:7-11)
Love is to care for & lay down our lives for our brothers (3:11-18)
God is love. To love God is to love our brothers (4:7-21)
IV. What love is not
1. Refusing to separate from toxic & divisive people
Matthew 18:15-17
2. Refusing to apply consequences
Titus 3:10-11
3. Enabling
2 Thessalonians 3:6-15
4. The government doing our job
IV. The love Challenge
1. Areas of work: People unlike us
Luke 10:25-37
2. Areas of work: Sinners
Luke 18:9-14
3. Gift projecting
1 Corinthians 12:14-20