1 John 04:07-11 – Let All You Do be Done with Love – audio

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Text: 1 John 4:7-11 (Reading by Richard Dillon)

Introduction

A. Every single one of us has something to do every day of our lives.

1) Wake up

2) Go to school or work

3) Do things about the home

4) Do things about town

B. We need to keep Paul’s words in mind: “Let all that you do be done with love (1 Corinthians 16:14).”

Body

I. John gives us the “why” of our love (1 John 4:7-11).

A. He reminds us that love comes from God!

B. As God loves us, so we should return His love and love each other.

C. Peter, on the other hand, gives us the “how.” He brings together what God did for us, and what we need to do for Him and each other (James 4:7-11).

D. James commands Christians to have “fervent love for one another, for love will cover a multitude of sins (James 4:8).”

1) He then begins to explain how Christians are to treat each other (James 4:9-11).

2) Love is seen as an action, and not merely a feeling (1 John 3:18).

3) In this text we are to pattern our love after God’s love.

II. God did all with love.

A. God created man in His image and blessed him (Genesis 1:26-28).

B. God corrects man when he sins (Proverbs 3:11-12).

C. God provided a way that man could remove his sins (John 3:16-17; 1 John 2:2; John 1:29; Proverbs 10:12).

D. Jesus, God in the flesh (John 1:1-2,14), loved us by laying down His life for us (John 15:9-17; 1 John 3:16).

III. We must do all with love.

A. Paul said, “But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection (Colossians 3:14).”

B. Of faith, hope, and love, the greatest is love (1 Corinthians 13:13).

C. Love covers a multitude of sins, and Christians can share that love by spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ (Proverbs 10:12; 1 Corinthians 13:4-7; James 5:19-20).

D. We must love our enemies (Matthew 5:44-46).

E. While speaking, we must speak with love (Ephesians 4:29; James 3:6,8-10).

F. We must keep the commands of Christ to show we love Him (John 14:15).

G. Families are to love each other.

1) Husbands and wives must love each other (Ephesians 5:22-33).

2) Parents are to love their children, and children to love their parents (Ephesians 6:1-4).

Conclusion

A. Everything God did, He did out of love for us.

B. Everything we do, we must do out of love for Him.

C. We love Him because He first loved us (1 John 4:19).

D. We love one another as He loved us (John 15:12).

E. We say we love our families, friends, and neighbors.

1) Do our actions show it?

2) Do our attitudes express that love?