Love that Lasts

Read Deuteronomy 7:6-11 ( Connected to Gen 15:18-20; Gen 17:1-8)

1.  Why did God choose Israel? (verses 6-7)

a)  What was God’s motive and purpose?

2. How was God’s love seen in action on Israel’s behalf?  (verse 8)  How does this parallel with God’s love for you?

3.  We read that this love relationship began with God loving us rather than Us loving God first, But love is not all one way.  How is this brought out in verses 9-10?

Read John 4:7-12

Agapetoi – those who are especially loved….We are addressed as this in the gospel of John. And looking back to yesterday’s reading in 1 Corinthians, Without love = nothing.

How does this principle in I Corinthians work out in I John 4:7-8?  Why can you not be a Christian without having love?

Look at verse 10, Where did you love relationship with God begin? How can you be sure that God still loves you? (Compare verse 9 with John 3:16, Romans 5:8, then read Romans 5:6-11)

If God’s love is seen through his actions in your favor, how should love other people? (See verses 11-12).  What unseen resources can you draw on to enable you to love like God?

How can you be confident that God will not stop loving you? (Think back on Romans 5)