Living for ONE LOVE_03 series: Focus 1 John 3:11-18 You have seen how the focus works on a camera. The lens knows how to lock in on the subject, making it sharper than everything else in the image. It is the same with an effective, productive life. Those who live well are able to identify and zero in on what really matters. This third message in our series is about Love one another. And we’re not to love one another with a second-rate off-brand kind of love — surface level and convenient. No, we’re to love one another with the same kind of sacrificial love with which we love our Lord Jesus Christ. Loving One Another is about 1. THE LACK OF LOVE v.11-15 2. THE LORD OF LOVE v.163. THE LIFE OF LOVE v.17-18 3 things that the command “love one another” requires. 1. Loving One Another Requires That You Open Your Eyes. v.11-16 2. Loving One Another Requires That You Take Action. v.17-18 3. Loving One Another Requires That You Make a Sacrifice. Here are five actions to consider as we strive to show the world around us the love of Christ: 1. Pray. 2. Pay attention. 3. Proclaim the gospel. 4. Provide for those who are where you cannot be. 5. Publish the needs to others. Jesus made it clear that our expression of love for others reflects the extent of our love for God. We are to love one another in the same non-negotiable way that we strive to love him: a love that expresses itself through what we do — even to the point of sacrifice and a Living for ONE LOVE. This is the message, John said, the command you have heard from the beginning: we are to love one another. Let our lives, then, be focused one expressing God’s love at every opportunity.