Cedar Hills Community Church - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

MEETING GOD: THE CAREGIVERGary Sager THEME – Love is the true path to caring.TEXT -   1 John 3:11; Matthew 22:37-39 1. Importance of Love * Matt. 22:40* Rom. 13:10* John 13:34 2. Love Who* Matt. 5:43 – Love your enemy.* Luke 10:30-37 – Good Samaritan. 3. Love Why - John 13:35 4. Love How* Rom. 5:8 – He loves unconditionally.* 2 Cor. 5:21 – He loves sacrificially.* Eph. 4:32 – He loves with forgiveness.* Rom. 8:38-39 – He loves eternally. 5. Key ReasonJohn 15:12-13, Romans 5:8 NEXT STEPS – Can we love as Christ loved?“Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy, It does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” ~ 1 Cor. 13:4-7 “This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but tha