Series: After the Fairy Tale Fades
Sermon: The Real Deal
Romans 12:9 (KJV) Let love be without dissimulation
Romans 12:9 (NKJV) Let love be without hypocrisy
Romans 12:9 (NIV) Love must be sincere
Romans 12:9 (ESV) Let love be genuine
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I. Genuine love comes from
1. God is
1 John 4:8 (NKJV) He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
2. God loves
John 3:16 (KJV) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
1) God loves the world
2) God loves the whosoevers
3. Your ability to love is tied to your of God’s love
1) All have sinned
2) All need forgiveness
Luke 7:47 (VOICE) This woman has been forgiven much, and she is showing much love. But the person who has shown little love shows how little forgiveness he has received.
3) All owe a great debt
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II. Genuine love recognizes all
Romans 12:9 (NKJV) Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.
1. Love Style
1) Fairy tale Syndrome
2) Hallmark movie Syndrome
2. Love Style
1) The idea that love is based on how you feel
2) The idea that if you don’t feel it you lost it
3. Love Style
1) Relationships are to fulfill my needs
2) Relationships are to make me happy
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III. Genuine love reflects God’s love toward
1. Love others like family
Romans 12:10a (NKJV) Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love
1) Attitudes of courtesy
2) Acts of kindness
Romans 12:13 (NKJV) Distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality
3) Words of encouragement
Romans 12:14 (NKJV) Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse
2. Love others
Romans 12:10b (NKJV) in honor giving preference to one another.
1) Honor gives others priority status in our lives
2) Honor gives others preferred status over our lives
3. Love diligently
Romans 12:11-12 (NKJV) not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; 12 rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer;
1) There is no room for laziness in relationships
2) We serve God by serving others
3) Hope springs eternal for you, but not necessarily for the relationship
4) Patience can get you through hard times, and remember everyone has hard times.
5) Pray and when you think you are done pray some more
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