Opening Reading: Psalm 99

Outline:

· Love and God’s Love

· Who Do You Love?

· Why Do You Love?

· How Do You Love?

· Grounding Love in the Essence of the Triune God

Verses Read or Referenced in Sermon (Bold passages on screen):

· Isaiah 5:20

· Matthew 7:21

· Matthew 7:13-14

· 1 John 2:15

· 1 John 5:2

· 1 John 4:7-12

· Deuteronomy 6:4

· Leviticus 19:18

· John 13:35

· Matthew 12:46-50

· 1 Corinthians 12:13, 27

· John 13:34; 15:12-13

· Philippians 2:2-7

· 1 John 4:7-8

· 6" class="scriptRef">1 John 1:6; 3:4, 6

· 1 Corinthians 13:1-3

· James 2:18, 20

· 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

· John 13:1

· 2 Peter 1:4

· Isaiah 45:5

· Luke 1:35

· Matthew 3:16-17

· Hebrews 1:3

· 1 John 4:9-11

· John 3:16

· Hebrews 10:10

· John 4:24

· Ephesians 5:1-2

· John 14:16-17

· Romans 5:8