Divine Love
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OVERFLOWING GRACE
GOD’S LOVING FAVOR IN MY
INADEQUACY RESULTING IN
OVERFLOWING BENEFITS.
GOSPEL RELATIONSHIPS
MY RESPONSIBILITY
PARABLE OF THE SOWER
ACCEPT AND DECLARE GOD’S TRUTH
REGARDLESS OF THE POSSIBLE
RESPONSES TO THAT TRUTH.
MY MANNER
1 THESSALONIANS 2:1-12
BOLDY PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL IN THE
RIGHT MANNER
FROM A POSITION
OF GODLY CHARACTER.
MY PURPOSEFULNESS
MATTHEW 29:18-20
BASED UPON THE AUTHORITY OF
CHRIST, BUILD GOSPEL
RELATIONSHIP DEPENDING UPON
THE POWER OF CHRIST.
MY FOUNDATION
2 JOHN
BUILD LOVING RELATIONSHIPS
ON TRUTH.
TRUTH DIVIDES
MATTHEW 10:5-42
PROCLAIM TRUTH
THAT OTHERS MAY HAVE A RIGHT
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD:
IT IS WORTH IT!
TRUTH UNITES
PHIL. 1:27-30
TRUTH UNITES THE BELIEVER
IN RELATIONSHIP AND PURPOSE LAYING
THE FOUNDATION
FOR COURAGEOUS LIVING.
TRUTH SANCTIFIES
JOHN 17:14-26; HEB. 12:11-16
GOD’S TRUTH TRANSFORMS OUR LIVES
ENABLING A FAITHFUL TESTIMONY TO A
LOST WORLD.
FAITH BELIEVES
HEBREWS 11:1-7
FAITH BELIEVES IN THE REALITIES
OF GOD WHO KEEPS HIS
PROMISES.
FAITH BELIEVES IN THE REALITIES
OF GOD. 1-7
1. Faith believes God exists. 3, 6
2. Faith believes God is the creator of all. 3
3. Faith believes God is my authority and
rewarder. 6
4. Faith believes God should be pleased with my
life endeavors. 6
5. Faith believes God keeps His promises. 4-7
FAITH
BELIEVES IN
AND ACTS UPON
THE REALITIES OF GOD.
HEBREWS 11
FAITH THAT BELIEVES IN AND ACTS UPON THE
REALITIES OF GOD . . .
1. drives me to want to please God with all my life
endeavors.
2. is willing to sacrifice all regardless of the earthly
outcome.
3. maintains an eternal viewpoint of life choices
looking towards God’s promises of rest and reward.
4. results in a faithful testimony pointing other people
to God.
God’s provision
of salvation is
through Christ.
The glory of God
Christ, my great
is revealed
Shepherd,
through His
redeems me from
provision of
my sin.
salvation.
My pleasing
My redemption
God reveals
enables me to
the glory of
please God.
God.
FAITH
FAITH THAT BELIEVES IN AND ACTS UPON THE
REALITIES OF GOD . . .
. . . is revealed
in everyday choices.
WHEN I LIVE IN FAITH,
PEOPLE WILL SEE THE
THE REALITIES OF GOD.
Divine Love
JOHN 17:20-26
DIVINE LOVE
1. Jesus is from God. John 17:21-23
2. The Father loves the Son. John 17:24; 2 Peter
1:16-18
3. The Father loves us. John 17:24
4. This divine love is what provides salvation. Jn
17:26; Jn. 3:35; 5:20
DIVINE LOVE
5. This divine love of salvation allows us to
understand God. John 17:24; John 3:16; Col.
1:9-14; Eph. 3:14-19
6. This divine love compels me to love and obey
God. John 17:26; John 14:21-23
7. This divine love compels us to serve God in
gospel relationships. John 17:23; 2 Cor. 5:14-21
GOD’S LOVE FOR ME MOTIVATES
ME TO LOVE IN GOSPEL
RELATIONSHIPS.
APPLICATION
• Strive to understand the fullness of God’s love
through meditating upon the reality of who you
are, the reality of who God is, and what God has
done for you.
• Ask yourself, upon who or what am I basing my
relationships–relationships not rooted in divine
love will always come up short.
DIVINE LOVE MOTIVATES
GOSPEL RELATIONSHIPS!
FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH OF
CHEROKEE ROAD:
BUILDING GOSPEL RELATIONSHIPS
THROUGH TRUTH,
FAITH, AND LOVE.
God’s provision
of salvation is
through Christ.
The glory of God
Christ, my great
is revealed
Shepherd,
through His
redeems me from
provision of
my sin.
salvation.
My pleasing
My redemption
God reveals
enables me to
the glory of
please God.
God.
FAITH