Perfect Love (1 John 4:17–21)
Introduction:
1 John 1:3
1 John 5:13
Genesis 1:28
1 John 2:1–2
1 John 3:1–3
Review:
God’s Love Defined (4:7–8)
God’s Love Displayed (4:9–10)
God’s Love Developed and Dispersed (4:11–16)
Four Benefits of God’s Love Perfected in You:
1) Confidence in the Judgment (vs. 17)
1 John 3:28
John 17:22–23
1 John 2:6; 3:7, 16
2) Lack of Fear (vs. 18)
Romans 8:14–15
Matthew 25:46
1 Timothy 1:12
3) Evidence of God’s Love (vs. 19)
1 John 4:7–8
John 17:3
Matthew 18:21–22
Ephesians 4:31–32
Philippians 2:1–7
1 John 2:10–11
1 Timothy 5:20
2 Thessalonians 3:14–15
4) Evidence of Love for God (vss. 20–21)
1 John 2:4
Mark 2:5–11
1 John 3:17
1 Peter 1:8–9
John 13:34–35
1 John 4:7–8