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BEING LOVED WITHOUT END
*PART 2*
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NOW THIS MORNING I WANT YOU TO NOTICE HOW THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE LOVE OF GOD IS IN JESUS CHRIST!!! (ROMANS 8:39)
JESUS IS THE TANGIBLE EXPRESSION OF GOD’S LOVE IN THE SAME WAY THAT HE IS THE EXACT REPRESENTATION OF ALL THAT IS TURE OF GOD HIMSELF!!!!
AND HE IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD, THE FIRST-BORN OF ALL CREATION” COLOSSIANS 1:15
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I TOLD YOU LAST WEEK THAT LOVE DEFINES GOD’S NATURE AND HIS MOTIVES!!!
IT IS AN INSEPERABLE PART OF EVERYTHING HE IS.
GOD SENT HIS SON (LOVE) INTO THE WORLD…..
AND WHOEVER WELCOMES HIS SON RECEIVES HIS LOVE!!!!
SO IF THE QUESTION EVERY COMES UP IN YOUR HEART……”CAN GOD STILL LOVE ME AND WANT RELATIONSHIP WITH ME AFTER WHAT I HAVE DONE?….
THEN ASK YOURSELF ANOTHER QUESTION……”DO I STILL WELCOME JESUS IN MY HEART?
BOTH QUESTIONS HAVE THE SAME ANSWER!!!!
YES!!!
WHEN GOD SENT HIS SON….JESUS CHRIST INTO THE WORLD…….THE INVITATION WAS CLEAR!!!
“I LOVE EACH OF YOU….AND I WANT TO HAVE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU FOREVER……..
RECEIVE MY LOVE (JESUS)”
THE SIMPLE SAD TRUTH IS THAT MOST PEOPLE DID NOT …..AND DO NOT……ACCEPT GOD’S INVITATION!!!
EMBODYING THE LOVE OF GOD……JESUS CAME TO THE VERY PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN CREATED BY THE LOVE OF GOD………AND YET MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE REJECTED HIM!!!!
THEY CHOSE NOT TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WITH HIM BEC HIS PRESENCE CAST LIGHT ON WRONG THINGS…..THAT THEY WERE DOING AND SAYING!!!!
INSTEAD THEY OPTED TO REMAIN IN DARKNESS…..AND AWAY FROM GOD AND HIS LOVE FOR THEM!!!!
NOW…..
THE THING YOU WILL DISCOVER AS YOU INVESTIGATE GOD’S LOVE IS THAT IT IS NOT PASSIVE…..
IT IS NOT INTERNALIZED EMOTION!!!
THOUGH HE THINKS ABOUT US ALL THE TIME….HE DOES NOT JUST THINK ABOUT US!!!
OUT CULTURE TEACHES US THAT LOVE IS MOSTLY A FEELING INSIDE, ONE THAT OCCASIONALLY MANIFESTS IN DOING SOMETHING FOR THE ONE WE LOVE!!!!
BUT TRUE LOVE….
AGAPE LOVE ……IS MORE THAN A FEELING!!!! OR A FEELING INSIDE OF US!!!!
AND A FEELING THAT OCCASSIONALLY MANIFEST IN DOING SOMETHING FOR THE ONE WE LOVE!!!!
TRUE LOVE…
AGAPE LOVE IS MORE THAN FEELING…..
IT IS A WAY OF BEING TOWARD OTHERS…
A DISPOSITION…..
A SET OF BEHAVIORS….
A MANNER OF RELATING TO PEOPLE……
IT ACTS AND INITIATES!!!!!
(MARIE PAYNE THIS WEEK……….MOTHERS LOVE THEIR CHILDREN IN SPITE OF THEIR ACTIONS )
GOD’S LOVE *GIVES….*
AND *EXTENDS…………..*
AND ACTIVELY *OFFERS*……………………..ITSELF TO YOU AND ME!!!!!
OUR LOVE MUST *RECEIVE………………AND EMBRACE…..AND ACCEPT* HIS LOVE ACTIVELY IN RETURN!!!!
HE INITIATES…
WE RESPOND
HE LOVES….
AND WE RECEIVE THAT LOVE!!!!
NOW THAT MAY SEEM LIKE A SMALL POINT…..BUT IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TRUTHS YOU WILL EVER LEARN!!!!!
AND IT EXPLAINS WHY WE MUST INTENTIONALLY RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST INTO OUR HEART AND WELCOME HIM INTO OUR LIVES!!!!
GOD EXTENDS HIS LOVE TO EVERY PERSON IN THE WORLD….
BUT ONLY THOSE WHO RECEIVE HIS SON TAKE IN HIS LOVE!!!!
IT IS EXACTLY LIKE GIFT GIVING AT CHRISTMAS OR ON A BIRTHDAY!!!
SOMEONE CAN WRAP A PRESENT AND GIVE IT TO YOU….
BUT ONLY WHEN YOU TAKE IT…..AND OPEN IT IS IT REALLY YOURS!!!!!
ACCEPTING JESUS INTO YOUR HEART IS THE ONLY WAY TO RECEIVE GOD’S LOVE!!!
UNTIL PEOPLE RECEIVE JESUS….THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED GOD’S LOVE!!!!!
AND THIS TRUTH ALSO DEFINES HOW WE EXPRESS OUR LOVE TO GOD!!!!
THE PRIMARY WAY IN WHICH WE LOVE GOD IS TO RECEIVE AND ACCEPT HIS LOVE FOR US!!!!
HIS LOVE IS ALWAYS FIRST!!!!
OUR ROLE IS NOT TO GENERATE LOVE FOR HIM OR TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO SHOW OUR LOVE!!!!! \\ \\
THE GREATNESS OF HIS LOVE HAS ARRANGED FOR US TO SIMPLY EMBRACE HIS LOVE!!!!
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IT’S LIKE BEING INVITED TO A DINNER PARTY…..
OUR HOST WANTS US TO ACCEPT THE INVITATION AND COME…….PERIOD!!!!!
(NOT…..WELL LET ME BRING SOMETHING)
JESUS TELLS A PARABLE OF A GREAT WEDDING BANQUET THAT WAS TO BE HOSTED BY A NOBLEMAN (MATTHEW 22:1-14) {READ FROM MESSAGE}
HE INVITED EVERYONE ON HIS CAREFULLY PREPARED GUEST LIST….
BUT MOST OF THEM WERE TOO BUSY WITH OTHER THINGS TO WANT TO ATTEND!!!! \\ \\
SO HE GOT OUT THE WORD THAT ANYONE AND EVERYONE WAS WELCOME TO COME AND ENJOY THE CELEBRATION!!!
PEOPLE FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE AND EVERY SOCIAL STRATUM SHOWED UP ON THE BIG DAY!!!
BUT ONE GUEST WAS DRESSED IN APPROPRIATELY FOR A WEDDING!!!
AND HE WAS KICKED OUT!!!!
JESUS MADE SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT POINTS WITH THIS STORY!!!
NONE OF THE WEDDING GUESTS HAD EARNED THE RIGHT TO BE THERE!!
BUT EVERYONE WAS WELCOMED……..NO ONE WAS TURNED AWAY!!!
THESE SAME PRINCIPLES APPLY TO THE GREAT MARRIAGE FEAST OF CHRIST AND HIS BRIDE (THAT’S US BY THE WAY).
WE HAVE ALL BEEN INVITED…..ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS ACCEPT THE FREE……
FREE INVITATION – AND ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS A SPECIAL OCCASION BY THE CLOTHES WE WEAR!!!!!
(BY THE WAY…….DO YOU Want TO KNOW WHAT THE CLOTHES ARE……
READ ISA 61:10)
OUT NATURAL INCLINATIONS WILL LEAD US TO WANT TO DO THINGS FOR GOD
JUST TO PROVE HOW MUCH WE LOVE HIM…….OR HOW MUCH WE ARE WORTHY OF HIS LOVE TOWARD US!!!!
IN AND OF ITSELF…THAT IS NOT WRONG….
BUT IF WE ARE NOT CAREFUL WE CAN FALL INTO A SUBTLE TRAP THAT WILL MAKE US FEEL UNWORTHY OF HIS LOVE!!!
IT IS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE…..EVEN DESIRABLE….TO SEND A THANK-YOU NOTE IN APPRECIATION FOR THE LOVELY DINNER!!!!
BUT IF…..TO SOMEHOW PROVE WE ARE CURRENTLY WORTHY TO HAVE BEEN INVITED TO DINNER…..WE START TO FOCUS ON ALL THE THINGS WE KNOW WE SHOULD BE…..
AND ARE NOT…….DOING FOR GOD……WE HAVE THEN MISSED THE WHOLE POINT!!!!
WE WILL FEEL CONDEMNATION EVERY SINGLE TIME WE GET CONFUSED ABOUT HOW OUR LOVE EXPRESSES ITSELF TO GOD!!!
ALL WE CAN EVER DO FOR GOD IS TO RECEIVE AND TO ACCEPT HIS LOVE FOR US!!!! \\ \\
WHENEVER WE TRY TO DO ANYTHING ELSE FOR HIM THAN JUST TO RESPOND WITH THANKFULNESS FOR HOW HE HAS FIRST LOVED US….
THEN WE SET OURSELVES UP FOR TROUBLE!!!!
PRIDE WILL MASQUERADE AS LOVE – SUGGESTING THAT WE CAN….AND SHOULD ….BE ON EQUAL TERMS WITH GOD…….
DOING FOR HIM AS HE DOES FOR US!!!!!!!
AND LISTEN DEAR ONE….
BEING ON EQUAL TERMS WITH GOD IS AS IMPOSSIBLE AS AN ADOPTED DAUGHTER’S WANTING TO ADOPT HER NEW PARENTS!!!! \\ \\
THE EMOTIONS OF GRATITUDE AND JOY ARE UNDERSTANDABLE…..AND COMPLETELY FITTING……
AS A RESPONSE TO HER ADOPTIVE PARENTS STEPPING INTO HER LIFE WITH LOVE AND PROVISION….
THE LITTLE GIRL OR BOY WANTS TO RETURN LOVE IN LIKE FASHION.
BUT THE PARENTS HAVE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED THE ADOPTION!!!!
WHEN WE ADOPT SOMEONE AS OUR OWN….
WE ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR THAT PERSON!!!!
ADOPTION IS AN ACT DONE BY THE PROVIDER AND CAREGIVER……
*NOT BY THE ONE WHO WILL RECEIVE THAT CARE AND PROVISION!!!!*
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