By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:16-18 1. Jesus is our for how to love. By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. (1 John 3:16) 2. Our love is the of our relationship with Him. But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? (1 John 3:17) 3. The love we show must the world’s standards. Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. (1 John 3:18) THE L4 INITIATIVE: • Love our ! (Matt. 22:37) • Love our ! (Rom. 12:10-13; Heb. 10:24-25) • Love our ! (Matt. 22:37-39) • Love our ! (Matt. 28:18-20; Matt. 5:13-16)