Lesson 8: God

Open It

1. Which do you think is a more powerful motivator—love, fear, or hate? Why?

2. What popular figure alive today or from history used hate to motivate people?

3. When have you been motivated by love?

4. What were the readers of 1 John encouraged to do? (4:7)

5. What is the relationship between loving and knowing God? (4:7-8)

6. How did God show His love? (4:9)

7. Why did God send His Son? (4:9)

8. What is love? (4:10)

9. Why should Christians love one another? (4:11)

10. What is the result of loving one another? (4:12)

11. How can believers know that they live in God and God lives in them? (4:13)

12. What did John testify concerning? (4:14)

13. What happens when we acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God? (4:15)

14. Why is love important? (4:16-17)

15. How is love made complete? (4:17)

16. What does perfect love do? Why? (4:18)

17. Why should we love? (4:19)

18. What is the relationship between loving God and loving one’s brother? (4:20-21)

19. How can we demonstrate our love for God?

20. What example has Jesus set for us to follow?

21. How should God’s love motivate you to love others?

22. How do you know that God lives in you?

23. What does it mean to live in God?

24. Why is it be easier to love God than other Christians?

25. When you have difficulty loving other believers, what is it that makes it difficult?

26. How can we demonstrate our love for others?

27. What are you afraid of?

28. How can we overcome our fears?

29. How does love drive out fear?

30. Who is someone that you have a difficult time getting along with that you need to ask God to help you love this week?

31. What fear will you ask God to help you overcome?

32. What specific steps will you take this week to demonstrate your love for another believer