Seminar

Lemuel neri- mariel

Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

Couples already married

also need to know
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

“For all that is in the

world – the lust of the
flesh, the lust of the
eyes, and the pride of
life – is not of the Father
but is of the world.”
1 John 2:16
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell – Contrast # 1
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

Love has feelings; but it’s

not just a feeling!
It’s a principle!
“Love never fails”
1 Cor. 13:8
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

We love with our hearts;

but more so with our
heads!
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell – Contrast # 2

Obsession
Infatuation
excitement
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

Blind Cupid:
Roman god of love!
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell – Contrast # 3
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

Choy, 2 ladies I love-which?

Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

“Man looks at the

outward appearance,
but the Lord looks at
the heart.”
1 Samuel 16:7
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

Joseph told Mrs. Potiphar:

“How then can I do this great

wickedness and sin against
God?” Genesis 39:9
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell – Contrast # 5
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

“Love... does not

seek its own”
1 Cor. 13:4,5
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell – Contrast # 6
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

God, who
guided Isaac
and Rebekah,
will guide you
and me.
Genesis 24:10-15
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell – Contrast # 7
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

Author of Author
Lust of Love
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

True love True love

does not Comes from
come from Heaven!
Hollywood!
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

“God is love”
1 John 4:8

All true love

Comes from
God!
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

According
to these
seven
standards,
how do I
rate my
love?
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

How can I improve

my love life?
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell – Step 1
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

“Greater love has

no one than this,
than to lay down
one’s life for his
friends.”
John 15:13
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

It was
Thursday
night.
See our Savior
kneeling in
the Garden
of
Gethsemane!
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

“And being in agony, He

prayed more earnestly.
Then His sweat became
like great drops of blood
falling down to the
ground.”
Luke 22:44
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

Satan whispered:
• Judas will betray
You!
• Peter will deny You!
• All will forsake You!
• Men will spit on
You!
• Go back to Heaven!

And He could have

gone!
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

Wrestling with that

decision,
His sweat became
like
Great drops of
blood!
But, looking down the
centuries of time,
He saw you and me!
He said,
“I’ll go on to Calvary!”
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

“When they came to

the place called Calvary,
there they crucified Him.”
Luke 23:33
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Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

• See His back

bleeding from 39
lashes twice!
• Feel the nails
tearing the flesh of
His hands and feet!
• Hear His cry, “My
God! Why have
You forsaken Me?”
 More than His
physical pain, was
His mental and
spiritual anguish!
All the sins
• Of all men, women,
children
• Of all the countries of
world
• Of all centuries of
time!
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

All the
• Terror of all the
murderers!
• Haunting of all the
thieves!
• Guilt of all the
adulterers!
• Anguish of all the
rapists! bombarded the
mind of Jesus!

Such anguish is
inexpressible!
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell
 Genuine or Fake?
How are bank tellers trained to
identify counterfeit bills?
They are made to hold nothing
but genuine bills for many days.
Being accustomed to the texture of
genuine money, the tellers are able
to readily identify counterfeit bills.
 And so it is
when you
experience the
genuine love
of Jesus Christ.
The Spirit of
discernment
shall enlighten
you whether it
is true love or
lust.
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell – Step 2
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

Tonight,
Jesus
asks you
the same
question:
“Do you
really
love
Me?”
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

“All to Jesus I Surrender”

Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell – Step 3
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

“This is My
commandment, that you
love one another as I
have loved you.”
John 15:12
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell

Love
my
spouse
as
Christ
loves
me.
Is It Really Love? Seven Ways to Tell