The objective of this week is to show the difference between True Love and Infatuation. There will be more meat to come. The main passage is 1 Corinthians 13. Jeff Schmidt actually already came up with a great lesson contrasting the story in 2 Samuel 13 and 1 Corinthians 13. PLEASE POST YOUR SUGGESTIONS FOR SMALL GROUP QUESTIONS!!! especially ones that will help people apply the two passages to their lives.
NOW IN COMMENTS >>> JEFF SCHMIDTS VERSION OF THE LESSON with a great idea for an icebreaker and a great way to get the group involved!!!!
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A Perfect Illustration of Love vs. Infatuation.
Astronaut charged with kidnap attempt
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/06/astronaut.arrested/index.html
Perhaps this poor woman was reading between the lines? Or perhaps this fellow that she was after was stringing her and her feelings along and saw that he was getting too close; especially being married w/ children?
Jeff Schmidt came up with this lesson...
from what I here he had a white board or poster board and drew a line down the middle. He did a Hang Man Game for them to come up with the words "Infatuation vs. Love" (Great idea for guys with a competive spirit). And then as he studied the two passages (1 Cor 13, 2 Sam 13). (Great idea to use the story in 2 Sam 13) !!!
Week 1: Love VS. Infatuation
Love: 1st Corinthians 13:1-13
The Operational Power – Is God
1st Cor. 13:1-3
“1If I speak in the tongues[a] of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, [b] but have not love, I gain nothing.”
• Most powerful life changing force on the planet.
• Characteristics of true love. (What it looks like. People who have it will demonstrate these actions.)
1st Cor. 13: 4
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
• Patience
• Kindness
• Contentment
• Humility
1st Cor. 13: 5
“5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.”
• Good behavior (manners)
• Selfless
• Controlled by God ( meek, yielding, and generous)
• Guards thoughts
1st Cor. 13: 6
“6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.”
• Grieves over sin
• Excited about truth
1st Cor. 13:7
“7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”
• Merciful and forgiving
• Trusts and believes
• Puts values in others
• Maintains faith
• Preservers
1st Cor. 13:8-10
“Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. ”
• Expresses Success
• True Love is unending
1st Cor. 13: 11-13
“13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
• True Love completes and grows continually
Infatuation: 2nd Samuel 13: 1-28
The spiritual power that’s at work - Is Satan
2nd Samuel 13:1-2
“1 In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David. 2 Amnon became frustrated to the point of illness on account of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible for him to do anything to her.”
• Frustrating and tormenting
2nd Samuel 13: 3-5
“3 Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab son of Shimeah, David's brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man. 4 He asked Amnon, "Why do you, the king's son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won't you tell me?" Amnon said to him, "I'm in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister." 5 "Go to bed and pretend to be ill," Jonadab said. "When your father comes to see you, say to him, 'I would like my sister Tamar to come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I may watch her and then eat it from her hand.' "
• Jonadab encouraged evil
• Desire & deceptive pain (1st Cor. 15:13)
• Solution – ( 2nd Cor. 6:14-18)
• Separate yourselves from wrong “friends” and evil associates
2nd Samuel 13: 6-22
Characteristics of infatuation and consequences
• Deception
• Selfishness
• Dishonesty
• Hatred
• Rejection
• Pride
• Violence/Rape
• Broken Relationship
• Divorce
• Poverty
• Broken families
• Sorrow (Tamar)
• Bitterness ( Revenge- Absalom)
• Anger ( David)
• Disappointment
• Revenge
• Ultimately death
How did you do with the part about incest? Kids these days are pretty sharp and catch on quickly
Question: What are some songs or movies that have the following: Deception, Rape, 'Dating' different girls/guys, Love, "True Love".
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