Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (The Shema)
"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength."
- What love is
- Why we love
- How to love
- God is love (1 Jn 4:8, 16).
- Not words or feelings, but a practical demonstration (Rom 5:8; Jn 3:16).
II. Why we love
III. How to love
- God first loved us (1 Jn 4:19).
- God redeemed us from slavery (Dt 5:15; 15:15).
III. How to love
- Monotheism (Dt 6:4).
- Love others (Jn 13:34; Lev 19:18; Mt 22:39; Mk 12:31).
- Accountability (Heb 3:13).
- Brotherhood/sisterhood (Ps 133:1).
- Community/church (1 Ti 3:15).
- Do it (Jn 21:19, 22).
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