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  Developing a Loving Heart 
 
Outline for Sunday Message
Derived from a Message written by Pastor J. David Hoke
 
I.               We must know how to Love if we are Christians.
 
 
1.  It is mandatory, commanded in scripture.
1 John 3:11 through 1 John 3:18 (KJV)
11For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love 
one another. 12Not 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. 13Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
14We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the 
brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 15Whosoever hateth 
his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life 
abiding in him. 16Hereby 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. 17But 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? 18My little 
children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.


 II.  It must be Love inside the fellowship.

John 13:34 through John 13:35 (KJV)
34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved 
you, that ye also love one another. 35By this shall all men know that ye are my 
disciples, if ye have love one to another.
1.      Healthy loving relationships must be built within the church. 
a.     The world is watching to see how we react to each other.
b.     The church is made up of many different people, some will be different 
from us.
 
2.      We must love our spiritual families much as we love our earthly 
families.
1 John 3:16 (KJV)
16Hereby 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. 

John 13:34 (KJV)
34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved 
you, that ye also love one another.
 
3.  We are to love as CHRIST loved us!
Romans 5:8 (KJV)
8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, 
Christ died for us.
4.      We must love one another in our actions
5.      We must love one another in Truth.
 

II.  We Must Love Those Outside The Fellowship
  We must Care 
    We need to be people who are known by our compassion for others. 
 
  We must share 
 
Matthew 28:18 through Matthew 28:20 (KJV)
18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in 
heaven and in earth. 19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in 
the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20Teaching them 
to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you 
alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
 
 
  We must show others the WAY 
  We must present the Gospel 
  We must give a hand up, not just a hand out. 
 

©2000 Claim The Victory Ministries
South Peninsula Baptist Church
Daytona Beach, FL
 
Rev. Charles S. Mims