Called to be as God is

CALLED TO BE AS GOD IS.
God is love. He loves us.
We love Him. He lives in us.
As a consequence his love should ooze out of us naturally.

GOD IS LOVE

• If we ever want to be good representants of
God, we need to be immersed in His love, to be
able to let the abundance of His love flow out of
us and touch and change those around us.

• Becoming as God is does not imply an effort of
our part, but actually is allowing God who lives in
us, do His work

WHAT IS LOVE?

•Let‟s review some
scriptures to find out what
God describes as love.

GOD IS LOVE (I JOHN. 4:8, 16).

• Love is who God is.

• And what God does.
• In order to become like God, we cannot
separate what love “IS” and what it “DOES”
• These two need to stay together.

INSTINCTIVE, NATURAL REACTION OF ANIMALS

1 Corinthians 13:4
New King James Version (NKJV)

4 Love

suffers
long and is kind;
love does not
envy; love does
not parade itself,
is not puffed up;

1 Corinthians 13:5

5 does

not
behave rudely,
does not seek
its own, is not
provoked,
thinks no evil;

1 Corinthians 13:6

6 does

not
rejoice in
iniquity, but
rejoices in
the truth;

1 Corinthians 13:7

7 bears

all
things, believes
all things,
hopes all
things, endures
all things.

Galatians 5:22

22 But

the fruit of
the Spirit is love,
joy, peace,
longsuffering,
kindness,
goodness,
faithfulness,

Deuteronomy 7:9
9 “Therefore

know that
the LORD your God,
He is God, the faithful
God who keeps
covenant and mercy for
a thousand generations
with those who love
Him and keep His
commandments;

Acts 2:38

38 Then

Peter said to
them, “Repent, and let
every one of you be
baptized in the name
of Jesus Christ for the
remission of sins; and
you shall receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit.

1 John 4:16

16 And

we have
known and believed
the love that God has
for us. God is love,
and he who abides in
love abides in God,
and God in him.

1 John 4:10

10 In

this is love, not
that we loved God,
but that He loved
us and sent His
Son to be the
propitiation for our
sins.

Psalm 46:10

10 Be

still, and
know that
I am God;
I will be exalted
among the nations,
I will be exalted in
the earth!

Romans 5:8

8 But

God
demonstrates His
own love toward
us, in that while we
were still sinners,
Christ died for us.

Isaiah 62:5
5 For

as a young man
marries a virgin,
So shall your sons
marry you;
And as the bridegroom
rejoices over the bride,
So shall your God
rejoice over you.

1 John 3:1 New King James
Version (NKJV)

3 Behold what manner
of love the Father has
bestowed on us, that
we should be called
children of God!
Therefore the world
does not know
us, because it did not
know Him.

John 13:34

34 A new

commandment I
give to you, that
you love one
another; as I have
loved you, that you
also love one
another.

1 John 4:11

11 Beloved,

if
God so loved
us, we also
ought to love
one another.

ROMANS 13:8-10
NEW KING JAMES VERSION (NKJV)
•

Love Your Neighbor

•

8 Owe

no one anything except to love one another, for
he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the
commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You
shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not
bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there
is any other commandment, are all summed up in this
saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as
yourself.” 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore
love is the fulfillment of the law.

1 Peter 4:8
New King James Version
(NKJV)

8 And

above all
things have
fervent love for
one another,
for “love will
cover a multitude
of sins.”

John 13:34-35
34 A

new commandment
I give to you, that you
love one another; as I
have loved you, that
you also love one
another. 35 By this all
will know that you are
My disciples, if you
have love for one
another.”

Mark 12:30

30 And

you shall love
the LORD your God
with all your heart,
with all your soul,
with all your mind,
and with all your
strength.‟ This is the
first commandment.

Mark 12:31

31 And

the second,
like it, is this: ‘You
shall love your
neighbor as
yourself.’ There is
no other
commandment
greater than these.”

Matthew 19:19

19 „Honor

your
father and your
mother,‟ and, „You
shall love your
neighbor as
yourself.‟ ”

1 John 5:3

3 For

this is the
love of God, that
we keep His
commandments.
And His
commandments
are not
burdensome.

Joshua 1:8
(NKJV)
8 This

Book of the Law
shall not depart from your
mouth, but you shall
meditate in it day and
night, that you may
observe to do according
to all that is written in it.
For then you will make
your way prosperous, and
then you will have good
success.

Opening our heart
and responding to
His Love.

Proverbs 3:12
(NKJV)

12 For

whom
the LORD loves
He corrects,
Just as a father
the son in
whom he
delights.

John 13:35
(NKJV)

35 By

this all will
know that you
are My
disciples, if you
have love for
one another.”

John 14:23
(NKJV)
23 Jesus answered

and said to him, “If
anyone loves Me, he
will keep My word;
and My Father will
love him, and We will
come to him and
make Our home with
him.

1 Corinthians 13:1
(NKJV)

The Greatest Gift
13 Though I speak
with the tongues of
men and of angels,
but have not love, I
have become
sounding brass or a
clanging cymbal.

Matthew 7:7
(NKJV)

Keep Asking,
Seeking, Knocking
7 “Ask,

and it will be
given to you; seek,
and you will find;
knock, and it will be
opened to you.

John 15:10
New International Version (NIV)

10 If

you keep my
commands, you
will remain in my
love, just as I have
kept my Father‟s
commands and
remain in his love.

John 14:21
New International Version
(NIV)
21 Whoever

has my
commands and keeps
them is the one who
loves me. The one who
loves me will be loved
by my Father, and I too
will love them and
show myself to them.”

1 John 4:8
New International Version
(NIV)

8 Whoever

does not love
does not know
God, because
God is love.

1 John 4:19
(NKJV)

19 We

love

Him
because He
first loved
us.

John 15:13
(NKJV)

13 Greater

love
has no one
than this, than
to lay down
one‟s life for his
friends.

1 John 4:20
(NKJV)

Obedience by Faith
20 If someone says, “I
love God,” and hates
his brother, he is a liar;
for he who does not
love his brother whom
he has seen, how can
he love God whom he
has not seen?

1 John 4:18
(NKJV)
18 There is no fear

in
love; but perfect love
casts out fear,
because fear
involves torment.
But he who fears
has not been made
perfect in love.

Leviticus 19:18
(NKJV)
18 You shall not take

vengeance, nor bear
any grudge against
the children of your
people, but you shall
love your neighbor
as yourself:
I am the LORD.

1 John 3:16-18
(NKJV)
The Outworking of Love
16 By

this we know love, because
He laid down His life for us. And
we also ought to lay
down our lives for the
brethren. 17 But whoever has this
world‟s goods, and sees his
brother in need, and shuts up his
heart from him, how does the
love of God abide in him?
18 My

little children, let us not love
in word or in tongue, but in deed
and in truth.

Matthew 6:24
(NKJV)

You Cannot Serve God
and Riches
24 “No one can serve two
masters; for either he will
hate the one and love the
other, or else he will be
loyal to the one and
despise the other. You
cannot serve God and
mammon.

PROPHETIC ACTIVATION.

• Remember:

• God is Love.
• We are commanded to love God.

• To love our neighbor.
• To love ourselves.

WE ABIDE IN HIM

• He‟s words abide in us.
• We can ask what we desire.
• And it will be done for us!
• Ask with generosity

YOU CAN NEVER GO WRONG ON THIS:

• When you prophesy to someone
that God loves him/her you are
100 % accurate in your prophecy;
because that is the nature of God,
that is what He is, that is what He
does.

PROPHESYING IS SIMPLY SPEAKING GOD‟S
HEART OVER A PERSON, OR OVER YOURSELF!

• Tonight, you are prophesying over yourself:

• That God loves you.
• That you love God.

• That you love your neighbor
• That you love yourself

REMEMBER TO USE THE RIGHT
GRAMMATICAL TENSE.
•

Time Expressions with Present Perfect

•

When we use the Present Perfect it means that something has happened
at some point in our lives before now. Remember, the exact time the
action happened is not important.

• Time Expressions with Present Perfect
• When we use the Present Perfect it means that something has
happened at some point in our lives before now. Remember, the
exact time the action happened is not important.
• Present Perfect suggests the process is not complete and more
actions are possible.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
• God has loved you before He put the foundations of the
universe!

• He has blessed you since you were in your mothers womb!
• His love is:
• Eternal

unconditional

unlimite

free

• You cannot buy God‟s love.
• You cannot pay for it.
• Why you would try to buy something that you already possess
and that has been giving you by free?

NEXT WEEK…

• Next week we will start an Study of
“The Feast of the Lord.”
• Leviticus 23 speaks of the seven Feasts of
the Lord.
• These feast have a prophetical picture for
Israel, for the Church and for our own lives.

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