Introduction:  Love is one of the most misunderstood concepts of our day.  We are told that love is an emotion that cares not for the circumstances surrounding it.  Love is not supposed to demand anything, nor is it to be biased.  However, the Bible deals much with love and the misuse by the multitudes should not drive the Bible-believer away from its practice.  In John chapter 15 we find some glorious truths concerning the love of the Father and the love of the Son.

1. THE FATHER'S LOVE FOR THE SON (John 15:9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
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1. Untainted by Sin
1. The Father’s love of righteousness (Psalm 146:8The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
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2. The Father’s love of judgment (Isaiah 61:8For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
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3. The effects of iniquity (Matthew 24:12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
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4. The undivided fellowship (Amos 3:3Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
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5. Based on the Son’s obedience (John 10:17Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
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2. Declared from Heaven
1. At our Lord’s baptism (Matthew 3:16-17 [16] And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: [17] And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
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2. At our Lord’s transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-5 [1] And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, [2] And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. [3] And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. [4] Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. [5] While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
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3. Manifested in His Actions
1. The Father has given all into the hands of the Son (John 3:35The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
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2. The Father shows the Son all that He does (John 5:20For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
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4. From Eternity Past (John 17:24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
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2. THE SON'S LOVE FOR THE BELIEVER (John 15:9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
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1. Manifested at Calvary (Romans 5:8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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2. Inseparable Love (Romans 8:35-39 [35] Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? [36] As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. [37] Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. [38] For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, [39] Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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3. A Love that Passeth Knowledge (Ephesians 3:19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
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3. THE BELIEVER'S LOVE FOR OTHER BELIEVERS (John 15:12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
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1. A New Commandment (John 13:34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
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2. A Token of Our Discipleship (John 13:35By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
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3. A Token of Our Salvation (1 John 3:14We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
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4. A Sacrificial Love (1 John 3:16Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
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5. An Evidence of Our Love for God (1 John 4:20If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
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Conclusion:  The glorious doctrine of the Father’s love for the Son, being the love of the Son for the believer is not just for the increase of our joy and knowledge.  It is demonstrated so that we might know the extent to which we are to love our brothers and sisters in Christ.  How should we love our brethren?  Like the Son loves us and like the Father loves the Son.