Outline—2 Peter 1:8–11

• Guarantees of living faith (v. 8)
• Liabilities for not living faith (v. 9)
• Precision in the life of faith (v. 10)
• Conclusion of living faith (v. 11)

Take Home Points

• In salvation, God and man work together, but God is the initiator.

Homework

Write down the Bible words related to salvation (e.g., regeneration, saved, convict, faith, repent, etc.) and identify which ones are actions of God and which are actions of man.

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Outline—2 Peter 1:8–11

• Guarantees of living faith (v. 8)
• Liabilities for not living faith (v. 9)
• Precision in the life of faith (v. 10)
• Conclusion of living faith (v. 11)

Take Home Points

• Put some effort into growing your faith—it doesn’t happen by osmosis.

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Outline—1 Corinthians 13:1–13

• Priority in love (vv. 1–3)
• Properties of love (vv. 4–7)
• Permanence of Love (vv. 8–13)

Take Home Points

• Agape love is a decision of commitment that informs the emotions.
• Are you showing Agape love? Is there evidence of that? Do you have a track record?

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Outline—1 John 4:7–20

• Love defined (vv. 7, 8)
• Love displayed (vv. 9–11)
• Love has a design (v. 12)
• Love is declared (v. 13–16)
• Love delights God (vv. 17–20)

Take Home Points

• God has promised us; we are to love others in the same way.
• As we display real love to one another, God’s love is revealed to the world.
• What do people know about God by watching you?
• God’s love is a straight line, never wavering; if His love seems to change it is because in we wander off the path, in and out of his love.

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Here are the passages that are covered in this message:

• 2 Peter 1:5-11
• John 21:15
• 1 John 4:7-20

Take Home Points

• Learn what love truly is so that you can fully understand John 3:16 “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son.”
• Agape love is the capstone of faith.
• If you are trying to find out if you love someone else, talk to God first.

Homework

Review these Bible words: know, abide, love, perfect.

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This subject will be continued next week. Here are the passages that are covered in this message:

• 2 Peter 1:5–11
• 1 John 4
• John 21:15
• Deuteronomy 7:6–8

Take Home Points

• The Biblical meaning of love is complex; it isn’t what you see in the movies.
• Agape love is a covenental relationship.
• Love is a decision of commitment that informs the emotions.
• God loves you because He chose to love you.
• Being loved by God enables us to love others.
• The greater you love, the greater love will be!

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