Message Notes

THE DOCTRINE OF LOVE

1. Human Love

a) Limited

b) Subjective

c) Temporal

d) Physical

2. God’s Love

a) Similar

b) Different

c) Profound

d) Eternal

3. To be understood against the backdrop of the Old Testament

a) God’s love for Israel (Deuteronomy 4:37; Malachi 1:2)

b) God’s everlasting love (Jeremiah 31:3)

4. God’s love noted in the Gospels

a) God’s love for the world (John 3:16)

b) God’s love for the Lord Jesus (John 5:20)

5. God’s love “poured out” (Romans 5:5)

a) The meaning of “poured out”

b) Meaning- “liberally/ generously given”

6. God’s love “demonstrated” (Romans 5:8)

a) Meaning of the word

b) To evince; to make evident

c) To cause to understand

d) To put things together to bring out the full meaning

7. God’s love

a) Seen in the giving of Jesus to die for sinners

b) His love to be seen in connection with “grace” and “mercy”

c) To be experienced through the Holy Spirit helping us to understand His love

d) It has been poured out into our hearts!