Love’s Battle

Eagle's Landing Sermons

“Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.” — Romans 12:10 “We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.” — 1 John 4:19-21 1. Love is a Battle of Motivation. “We love because he first loved us.” — 1 John 4:19 The love of God for us awakens our love for one another. “God…because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ.” — Ephesians 2:4-5 “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.” — Romans 8:1-2 2. Love is a Battle of Hypocrisy. “If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.” — 1 John 4:20 To love God and not love your brother is to live a lie. “The reason we do not love others in the way that we should is because we do not love God in the way that we claim.” — Paul Tripp 3. Love is a Battle of Deception. “If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.” — 1 John 4:20 The truest measure of the quality of your love for God is seen in the way you love others. 4. Love is a Battle of Submission. “And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.” — 1 John 4:21