1 John 3:1-3
3 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
1. How many times are we to Look?
It’s a standing invitation - Behold. Look. See. Turn our eyes toward Him again. Let’s look again, and again, and again……
YOU are the object of ALL of God’s love.
Can I twist your arm today? - Go ahead and look again and again and again….It will only do you good.
2. The more we look the more we see.
Rom. 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
His love received has the power to Change EVERYTHING about our lives.
The Love of God is amazing. It’s Bigger than we realize. It’s deeper than we thought possible. It’s scope has yet to be fully seen. It’s big. It’s bigger and it’s greater still.
3. The Father desires us walking in the fullness of this Great, Extravagant, Powerful, Love.
He gave it to us at New Birth.
Rom. 5:5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Now, may we grasp it & know it.
Phil. 1:9-11 9 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, (that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ) 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.
Eph. 3:14-19 14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family[a] in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
4. The so that. So that we may love well.
John 15:12-13 12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.
Eph. 5:1-2 1 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love (live the life of love), as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
Eph. 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,
No comments:
Post a Comment