**1. The command to love others is like loving God.**John 13:34-35 - 34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."1 John 3:14 - 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.Luke 6:32-35 - "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 "If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 "If you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same amount. 35 "But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.Luke 9:51-56 - 51 When the days were approaching for His ascension, He was determined to go to Jerusalem; 52 and He sent messengers on ahead of Him, and they went and entered a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him. 53 But they did not receive Him, because He was traveling toward Jerusalem. 54 When His disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?" 55 But He turned and rebuked them, and said, "You do not know what kind of spirit you are of; 56 for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them."] And they went on to another village.1 John 4:7 - Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.1 John 4:19 - we love, because He first loved us.**2. We are to love our neighbors**1 John 4:20 - 20 If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.**3. We are to love as we love ourselves**Whitney Houston (Greatest Love of All)I decided long agoNever to walk in anyone's shadowsIf I fail, if I succeedAt least I'll live as I believeNo matter what they take from meThey can't take away my dignity Because the greatestLove of all is happening to me I found the greatestLove of all inside of meThe greatest love of all Is easy to achieveLearning to love yourselfIt is the greatest love of all2 Tim 3:1-5 - But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.b. 3 principles of lovei. love sacrificiallyPhil. 2:3,4 - 3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; 4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of othersRom 12:10 (nasb) - Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor;Rom 12:10 (esv) - Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.Rom 12:10 (niv) - Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselvesii. Love intentionallyHeb 10:23-25 - 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; 24 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, 25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.iii. Love tangiblyJames 2:15-16 - 15 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?4. We are to love to fulfill the whole law. Rom 13:8 - 8 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.Gal 5:14 - 14 For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF."1 Tim 1:5 - 5 But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. Ezek 36:26 - 26 "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

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