OUTLINE:
Our Old Nature (ala Ro 7)
We are naturally reluctant to receive the love of God with the faith of a child. Listen to His Spirit, instead!
Have a Renewed Mind (ala Ro 12:2)
This is not about us, but about what God has done and is doing for us. It’s about HIS grace, and HIS loving sacrifice!
Don’t try to steal His glory, even in the slightest!!
1 Jn 4:16a
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us.
Being Loved By God
Christ’s love for us motivated Him to go to the Cross for us, and it’s that same love that God continues to love His children with! Ro 8:28-39, Gal 2:20b
Being Loved By God
If He loved us enough to go to the Cross for us while we were His enemies still, how could He love us any less than that going forward, now that we are believers??? Ro 5:6-10
Being Loved By God
Christ’s love for us motivated Him to go to the Cross for us, and it’s that same love that God continues to love His children with! Ro 8:28-39, Gal 2:20b
Being Loved By God
God’s love is unbreakable and uninterruptible, regardless of the opposition, because He possesses perfect faithfulness. Lam 3:22-23, Ro 8:38-39
Is 1:18
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
To Be Loved By God
He now calls us “beloved”!!!
1 Co 1:9
God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Love of the Father
To fathom such selfless grace and mercy and love ALSO being unbreakable… as human beings we are simply not familiar with such faithfulness in this world; it’s completely foreign to us! But this is the God we have!
Perplexed??
It’s FAITH that reconciles such things that are so difficult for us to comprehend. So, just have faith! Decide to trust God at His Word!
The Love of the Father
We believers are loved by God the Father with the same love He has for His precious Son.
Jn 17:23-26
The Love of the Father
Your life as a believer is now different, because you are loved by God… you are now and forevermore “beloved”!
The Love of the Father
“Be-loved! I know you might not be able to comprehend it, but by faith, be-loved! Because you are My beloved!”
God has destined we believers to be loved by Him for all of eternity!
Ro 12:10
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
Ro 1:7
To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Believers Are “Beloved” By God!
It’s by His grace alone that He loves us and continues to love us, despite our sinfulness. So…. “Be-loved!”, brothers and sisters in the Lord, and let’s love one another as He continually loves us.
A Little Walk, a Little Encouragement
God loves you. I love you. Your brothers and sisters in Christ love you. Don’t give the devil an opportunity to spoil this precious gift which exists between members of God’s family.
Is 55:8-9
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Man ought NEVER, EVER suppose he can tell God about God’s business.