God Loves (John 3:16-17)
Gary McManus, 05/15/2022Part of the God's Love; Beyond Belief series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
May 15, 2022 John 3:16-17
“The love OF God. . .”
God loves you and me.
God values you and me.
So valuable are you that God gave His son.
God gave himself--his one and only son.
This is God's love, in Jesus, for you and me.
Jesus prayed, "Father forgive them." (Luke 23:34)
Many people don't “get” God's love. . .
How might we “get” God’s love?
Read it.
The Bible is all about God’s love-- both Old and New Testaments.
Doug Britton points people to I Peter 5:7.
Meditate on Bible verses that illustrate God's love for you:
Psalm 36, Psalm 48:9, Psalm 52:8, Psalm 86:15, Jeremiah 31:3.
PRAY IT! Ephesians 3:14-19
The Ephesians did not fully grasp God's love for them.
So, you are not alone.
Also, be grasped by God’s love—we can feel it!
Pray to have God's love get a hold of you.
These are spiritual experiences; simple or profound.
(Don Piper wrote 90 minutes in heaven. He
experienced heaven and that is a part of God's love—
in a car accident.
We can also WATCH for God's love.
Jesus did this and shared his insights with the people. . .
Matthew 6:26, Matthew 6:28.
Jesus was certain that it was right in front of us.
Some people experience God's love simply through
God's CONTACT with us.
You can talk to God and God can talk back.
See I Peter 1:20-21, John 14:17, Romans 8:4.
The Lord speaks to us. . .answered prayer, a sense of
God’s presence, the words of another person, an event,
(See Job 38:1)
It was enough for Job.
Doug Britton suggests that in order to experience
God's love, it may be important to respond to God's love.
We have to respond to the Lord.
God's love may be calling to you to do something
with that love.
Forgiveness? For even yourself?
Don't make yourself the last person you forgive.
And a story. . .
Friends, God claims you the same way.
That’s how God feels about you.
Know more of God's love today.
Amen
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