It’s easy to think we love God, but the reality of that love is seen in how we treat our brethren. Three of Jesus’ parables remind us that we must be compassionate, merciful, and forgiving. We need to carefully consider whether we love or hate our brother based on how we treat them.

1. Love & Hate1 John 4.19 - 5.1, CB NT p. 424

2. The Bad Priest and the Bad Levite
Luke 10.25-37,
CB NT p. 126-127

11. Passed by

12. Passed by Passed by

13. Passed by Passed by Compassion

14. Passed by Passed by Compassion
Mercy

15. The Older Brother
Luke 15.1-2; 25-32,
CB NT p. 138; 139

27. The Unforgiving Servant
Matthew 18.21-35,
CB NT p. 35-36

38. The
Older
Brother
The
Unforgiving
Servant
The Bad Priest
and the Bad
Levite
What is WRONG
with these people?

39. The
Older
Brother
The
Unforgiving
Servant
The Bad Priest
and the Bad
Levite
What is WRONG
with these people?
You shall not take vengeance or bear a
grudge against the sons of your own people,
but you shall love your neighbor as yourself:
I am Jehovah.
Leviticus 19:18, CB OT p. 183

40. 1 John 4:19-21,
CB NT p. 424

41. God
l
O
V
E
We love because he first
loved us.
1 John 4:19, CB NT p. 424
LOVE

42. God
I love
God!
l
O
V
E
If anyone says, “I love God,”
and hates his brother, he is
a liar; for he who does not
love his brother whom he
has seen cannot love God
whom he has not seen.
1 John 4:20, CB NT p. 424

43. God
I love
God!
l
O
V
E
I hate
him!
If anyone says, “I love God,”
and hates his brother, he is
a liar; for he who does not
love his brother whom he
has seen cannot love God
whom he has not seen.
1 John 4:20, CB NT p. 424

44. God
I love
God!
l
O
V
E
I hate
him!
Liar!
If anyone says, “I love God,”
and hates his brother, he is
a liar; for he who does not
love his brother whom he
has seen cannot love God
whom he has not seen.
1 John 4:20, CB NT p. 424

45. God
I love
God!
l
O
V
E
I hate
him!
Liar!
What does it mean to
HATE my brother?

46. God
I love
God!
l
O
V
E
I hate
him!
Liar!
What does it mean to
HATE my brother?
Impatient
Unkind
Envious
Boastful
Arrogant
Rude
Insist on my
own way
Irritable
Resentful

47. LOVE
God
I love
God!
l
O
V
E
And this commandment we
have from him: whoever
loves God must also love
his brother.
1 John 4:21, CB NT p. 424

48. LOVE
God
I love
God!
l
O
V
E
Everyone who believes that
Jesus is the Christ has been
born of God, and everyone
who loves the Father loves
whoever has been born of
him.
1 John 5:1, CB NT p. 424

49. LOVE
God
I love
God!
l
O
V
E
Everyone who believes that
Jesus is the Christ has been
born of God, and everyone
who loves the Father loves
whoever has been born of
him.
1 John 5:1, CB NT p. 424

50. The Bad Priest
and the Bad
Levite
Am I more like the uncaring
priest and Levite or the
compassionate Samaritan?

51. The
Older
Brother
Am I more like the angry
older brother or the
accepting Father?

52. The
Unforgiving
Servant
Am I more like the
unforgiving servant or the
forgiving master?

53. The
Older
Brother
The
Unforgiving
Servant
The Bad Priest
and the Bad
Levite
Do I hate my brother or
do I love my brother?

54. Beloved, let us love one
another, for love is from
God, and whoever loves has
been born of God and knows
God. Anyone who does not
love does not know God,
because God is love.
1 John 4:7-8, CB NT p. 424

55. Will today be the day
you decide
to go to
heaven?

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57. Full Joy: 1 John
#25
Love & Hate
1 John 4.19 - 5.1
Compiled and Presented by:
Dave Stewart
25 August, 2013
www.churchofchristmiranda.com
Synopsis: It’s easy to think we love God, but the reality of that love is seen in how we treat our brethren. Three of
Jesus’ parables remind us that we must be compassionate, merciful, and forgiving. We need to carefully consider
whether we love or hate our brother based on how we treat them.
“Let all that you do be done with love.”
"Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway
Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.”

58. Will today be the day
you decide
to go to
heaven?