Ever oversleep and miss something you wanted or needed? Missed making it to a place you needed to get to? If you are not fellowshipping with God, you’re oversleeping.
Love is the key to fellowship with God and knowing who’s a believer (in fellowship) and who is not a believer. This chapter is ripe with what we need to know about love…
(a)The Fellowship of love (7-8).
(b)The expression of God’s love (9-10).
(c)The Duty of fellowship is Love (11).
(d)The Perfecting of God’s love in us (12-13).
(e)The Apostolic witness of God’s love in Christ (14-16).
(f)The Reality of Perfect love that casts out fear (17-18).
(g)The causality and result of our love for one another (19-21).

I. The Fellowship of Love VS 7 – 8
We should love one another because our fellowship is with God and God is love…


II. The Expression of God’s Love VS 9 – 10
God expressed His love without anything from us.

III. The Duty of Fellowship is Love VS 11
Considering what God has done for us, we should love each other.