The Sunday School Outline

April 12

Lesson 7

LOVE ONE ANOTHER

DEVOTIONAL READING: John 13:31–35

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: 1 John 3:11–24

1 JOHN 3:11–24

11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because 
23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.


KEY VERSE
This is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

—1 John 3:1

THE SPIRIT COMES

Unit 2: The Community of Beloved Disciples

LESSONS 6–10

LESSON AIMS

After participating in this lesson, each learner will be able to:
1. Summarize John’s message about loving one another.
2. Explain the connection between Christ’s love for us and our love for others.
3. Perform one act of Christian love to another believer in the week ahead.

LESSON OUTLINE

Introduction
      A.      Giving Love Away
      B.      Lesson Background
          I.      Love as Action (1 JOHN 3:11–18)
      A.      Imperative (v. 11)
      B.      Challenges (vv. 12, 13)
      C.      Status (vv. 14, 15)
      What Love for Others Does
      D.      Model (vv. 16–18)
          II.      Love as Truth (1 JOHN 3:19–24)
      A.      Confident Assurance (vv. 19–21)
      B.      Clear Command (vv. 22–24)
      Doing What Pleases Him
Conclusion
      A.      Of Sculptures and Action
      B.      Prayer
      C.      Thought to Remember

HOW TO SAY IT

Augustine

Aw-gus-teen or Aw-gus-tin.

Ephesus

Ef-uh-sus.

epistle

ee-pis-ul.

Krause, Mark S. et al. “Love One Another.” The KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2014–2015. Ed. Ronald L. Nickelson and Jonathan Underwood. Vol. 62. Cincinnati, OH: Standard Publishing, 2014. 275. Print.