Walking In Love

II John 5-6 5 And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. 6 And this is love: that we walk in obedience to His commands. As you have heard from the beginning, His command is that you walk in love. Walk= * To make one’s way working out our salvation with fear and trembling * To progress grow in His Love * To make use of all opportunities making use of every opportunity because the days are evil * To live * To regulate one’s life (obedience) * To conduct oneself (. “) John 13. 34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.” * Love is the Mark of the Christian Among ourselves. Affirming our faith Wherever we go… around the country/ around the world No matter what Jesus’ Love is our goal. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. We are called to love as He loves, forgive as He forgives. We are to represent His Love to the world * Love is a Sign to the World. Know= understand, perceive, become acquainted with This is the way people will be attracted to Christ Titus 2.10 so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive. Paul writes about lawsuits among believers, that these things ought to be resolved in the church, among the people of God. Be a good example of a believer. Love! I Timothy 4.12 Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity. An example in love. Exemplary Paul and Bonnie Codington yesterday. It is the love of God that makes people want what we have. Romans 2.4 the kindness of God leads you to repentance * Love is a Lifestyle Ephesians 5. 1 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. A description of love= giving ourselves up as a fragrant offering sacrifice to God. This is descriptive of worship. Our walking in love is an act of honoring God. We live in it Hebrews 13.1 Keep on loving each other as brothers We grow in it * Love is forgiving. How we all need this. Every day. * Love is the greatest Faith, Hope and Love Faith will one day be sight, our walk, our journey to heaven will be over. Hope will be fulfilled. Our Blessed Hope described in Revelation 21.1Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”[a] for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” * Love will remain forever. I Corinthians 13. 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. Remain in Him!