Sermon - What is Love

Summary: What Is Love? 📖 John 15:13 — “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” --- I. 💔 What Love Is Not 1️⃣ 🐟 Fish Love — Selfish Love That Takes Definition: Love that consumes, uses, or drains others for personal pleasure. Example: “I love fish” — but you eat it. That’s not love; that’s consumption. Principle: Selfish love takes; true love gives. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:5 — Love is not self-seeking. --- 2️⃣ 🍗 Chicken Love — Craving Without Covenant Definition: Love reduced to desire, attraction, or partial affection. Analogy: Sexual desire is like a campfire — safe and warm within God’s boundaries; like a wildfire when uncontrolled. Truth: Partly love is not love. Real Love: Honors body, soul, and spirit; recognizes God’s image in others. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:19–20 — Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. --- II. 💖 What Love Truly Is 3️⃣ 🍟 Second Fries — Love That Sacrifices Definition: Giving the best to others, keeping less for yourself. Analogy: Offering your friend the first fries — the best portion. Essence: True love costs; it always involves giving. Scripture: John 3:16 — God gave His Son. --- 4️⃣ 💪 Love Is a Choice — Not a Feeling Definition: Love is a conscious act of the will, not a passing emotion. Example: Missionaries who give their lives, unseen and unrewarded. Essence: Love chooses to bless, even enemies. Scripture: Luke 6:27 — “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.” --- 5️⃣ 🧸 Love Gives Value — Not Based on Worth, But Creating It Definition: True love doesn’t find value; it creates value. Analogy: A child’s old teddy bear — worthless to others, priceless to the child. Theology: God loved us while we were still sinners — His love gave us worth. Scripture: Romans 5:8 — Christ died for us while we were still sinners. --- III. 🌹 The Core Truth — The Way of Christlike Love ❌ Selfish Love ✅ True Love 👎Takes👍 Gives 👎Consumes 👍Builds up 👎Partial 👍Whole (body, soul, spirit) 👎Conditional 👍Unconditional 👎Convenient 👍Sacrificial Summary Line: Selfish love asks, “What can I take?” True love asks, “What can I give?” --- 🙏 Closing Reflection 🌿 Love is not fish love, not chicken love — but second-fries love. 💖 The kind that gives, serves, sacrifices, and redeems. ✝️ Because Jesus’ love for us made the worthless precious, the lost found, and the unlovable beloved.