EXPOSITORY OUTLINE:

Allow me to provide for you some background information that will serve as a foundation for other truths to rest upon.

1A.  First, THERE IS WHAT WE ARE TOLD TO BE THE BELIEVER’S LOVE
John 13.35; First John 3.24

2A.  Next, THE SOURCE OF THE BELIEVER’S LOVE
Romans 5.1-5

3A.  Now, LET ME SHOW YOU THE CERTAINTY OF A BELIEVER’S LOVE
Galatians 5.13-25; Romans 12.10

4A.  Finally, THE MATURITY OF A BELIEVER’S LOVE
First John 2.13; Second Peter 1.5-7

TOPICAL OUTLINE:

1A.  First, TAKE NOTE OF PAUL’S PRESUMPTION

1B.  As he writes to the Christians in Rome, Paul presumes two things about them:

1C.  First, that as Christians they would do something for Christ’s sake.

2C.  Paul’s second presumption was that they would do something for the love of the Spirit.

2B.  Along with this presumption of Paul’s, what is missing is an appeal to apostolic authority.

2A.  Next, TAKE NOTE OF PAUL’S PLEA

3A.  Finally, TAKE NOTE OF WHAT PAUL ACTUALLY PLEADS FOR . . . PRAYERS