1 John- WHAT ARE THE FACTS ABOUT GOD'S LOVE

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WHAT ARE THE FACTS ABOUT GOD'S LOVE

 
Date July 02,2013
Scripture Reference  1 John 4:7-12  
from the Series 1 John
 

Scripture Reading:

Let us rise to our feet and read together 1 John 4: 7-12.

7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. May the Holy Spirit add blessings to our text This Morning... Amen!
 
You may be seated in God's Presence...

 

Introduction

There is nothing like the love of God! It is the most overwhelming thing I have ever encountered in my life. It is the greatest thing God ever did for any of us! The reason I can say that is this, because He loved us, He was moved to do everything else that He has done. Allow me to say today that John's epistle has a 4-fold purpose.
  1. That our joy might be full. (1:4)
  2. That we might not sin. (2:1)
  3. That we might know that we have eternal life. (5:13)
  4. That we ourselves might love others.(4:11)

Sermon


1 John is the great book of love. It is mentioned 46 times in 135 verses. It was written to combat a heresy known as Gnosticism. The Gnostic believed that knowledge was power. They felt that they had a special knowledge of God and His ways. John is writing to put them into their place! And, as he does, he tells the rest of us about a great God with a great love for great sinners. It's that great love of that Great God that I want to address for a few minutes. Let the Lord speak to your heart as we consider the thought, What Are The Facts About God's Love.


I. V. 7-11 THIS LOVE IS DESCRIBED IN THE CONTEXT

A. It Is Unspeakable 

I can't understand it, or why, but I know I have experienced it and I can never be separated from it - Rom. 8:38-39


B. It Is Unending 

 Jer. 31:3… I have loved you with an everlasting love!  God's love is eternal!

C. It Is Unselfish 

 Ill. It asks for nothing in return! However, it leads man to repent and turn to God in love - Rom. 2:4; 1 John 4:19- We love him because He first loved us!

D. It Is Unmerited

Cannot be earned or deserved!. (Ill. His love is based in His grace!) (Ill. Jesus and Jerusalem - Matt. 23:37.)

E. It Is Unconditional

It is not based on what we can or cannot produce, it comes from the heart of God. Man can never reach a place when he will not be loved by God! God loved us first, He loved us anyway and He loves us eternally!

F. His love is Supernatural, it is Sacrificing, it is Satisfying!


I. V. 7-11 THIS LOVE IS DESCRIBED IN THE CONTEXT
II. V.10 THIS LOVE WAS DEMONSTRATED AT CALVARY

A. God's love can never be fully understood, but it can be seen! 

It is best seen at the cross!


B. He Stood In The Gap - 2 Cor. 5:21


For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him!… HE TOOK YOUR PLACE!

C. He Saved Us From Hell 


It is His death on the cross, the death that released His precious blood, that opened the door of salvation for every sinner who will come to God. 1 Pet. 1:18-19;

  Eph. 1:7- In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace!

 Col. 1:14- in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

Heb. 9:12-14. … Rev. 1:5- To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood!

Thank God for the Blood of the Lord Jesus!!!!!


I. V. 7-11 THIS LOVE IS DESCRIBED IN THE CONTEXT

II. V.10 THIS LOVE WAS DEMONSTRATED AT CALVARY

III. V.11-12 THIS LOVE IS DISPLAYED IN THE CHRISTIAN


A. It will be visible if it is possessed!


B. Notice throughout the Bible, there have been men who demonstrated God's love:


1. Forgiving Love
 
Joseph - Gen. 45:1-8…lied about, sold as a slave, ripped from his home and father, falsely accused, put in prison, waiting waiting waiting all because of his jealous brothers!... YET HE STILL FORGAVE… What’s your hangup?

2. Redeeming Love 

Hosea- (Hos. 3:1-3… wife named Gomer… a prostitute… yet!!… what redeeming love!)

3. Compassionate Love 

Peter denied Him... lied about Him… Yet Jesus still said… On this Rock I will build my church!

4. Healing Love

Me... angry... bitter… jealous... burning with lust… Yet Jesus still reached down and picked me up out of the sewer!… Psalm 103:1-4 

C. When the love of God is present in the life of a believer, it will be visible in Five different areas.

 
1. Love For The Savior 

(Ill. John 14:15- If you love me keep my commandments!) (Ill. Ephesus - Rev. 2:4- you have left your first love!...)

2. Love For The Scriptures… 
(John 5:39)

3. Love For The Sanctuary  

 (Heb.10:25-not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together , as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another and so much more as you see the day approaching…)

(Ill. David - Psalms 122:1- I WAS GLAD WHEN THEY SAID TO ME, LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD!)

4. Love For The Saints 

(1 John 4:20-21; 1 John 5:1-3) (Ill. John 13:35 - 1 John 4:12! When the saints walk in love, then God will be seen!)

5. Love For The Sinners 

Jesus had a heart for sinners 

(Ill. God's love is more than just being loved! It is opening our lives so that the Lord can love through us. So that He can reach a world for Himself.)

Invitation and The Final Challenge
We ought to praise the Lord today for His overwhelming love! We can shout, we can run, we can turn flips and act like monkeys, but the best means we have of thanking Him for His love is by letting Him love through our lives and reach others for Jesus. 

I invite you to join me today  as I ask the Lord to help me to love like Jesus. I thank Him for loving me, and I am sure you do too. Today let's show that love for God by doing His will and being what He would have us be, and by loving like He would have us love. By loving others exactly as we have been loved by God -

Matt. 22:39- you shall love your neighbor as yourself!!.


--
The Rev. Lenin Kumar
The Potter's Home International Church
The Christian Living

Preparing the Bride...For Christ's Coming!
 www.pottershomeinternational.org

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