What Jesus Said About Love
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What else did Jesus say about love? |
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God loves us. |
John 3:16 |
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We are to love God. |
Matthew 22:37 |
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Because God loves us, he cares for us. |
Matthew 6:25-34 |
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God wants everyone to know how much he loves them. |
John 17:23 |
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God loves even those who hate him; we are to do the same. |
Matthew 5:43-47;Luke 6:35 |
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God seeks out even those most alienated from him. |
Luke 15 |
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God must be your first love. |
Matthew 6:24; 10:37 |
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You love God when you obey him. |
John 14:21; 15:10 |
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God loves Jesus his Son. |
John 5:20; 10:17 |
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Jesus loves God. |
John 14:31 |
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Those who refuse Jesus don't have God's love. |
John 5:41-44 |
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Jesus loves us just as God loves Jesus. |
John 15:9 |
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Jesus proved his love for us by dying on the cross so that we could live eternally with him. |
John 3:14, 15; 15:13, 14 |
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The love between God and Jesus is the perfect example of how we are to love others. |
John 17:21-26 |
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We are to love one another (John 13;34, 35) and demonstrate that love. |
Matthew 5:40-42; 10:42 |
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We are not to love the praise of men (John 12:43), selfish recognition (Matthew 23:6), earthly belongings (Luke 16:19-31), or anything more than God. |
Luke 16:13 |
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Jesus' love extends to each individual. |
John 10:11-15; Mark 10:21 |
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Jesus want us to love him through the good and through the difficult times. |
Matthew 26:31-35 |
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Jesus wants our love to be genuine. |
John 21:15-17 |
In Mark 12:28 a teacher of the law asked Jesus which of all the commandments was the most important to follow. Jesus mentioned two commandments, one from Deuteronomy 6:5, the other from Leviticus 19:18. Both had to do with love. Why is love so important? Jesus said that all of the commandments were given for two simple reasons - to help us love God and love others as we should.