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ABIDING IN CHRIST JESUS LOVE

INTRODUCTION:

LOVE IS THE MISSING INGREDIENTS THE WORLD IS MISSING TODAY.

BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE FAMILY OF GOD, GOD EXPECTS US TO EXTEND OUR LOVE TO OTHER’S, AS HE EXTENDED HIS LOVE TO US.

CHRIST JESUS LOVES US SO MUCH, THAT ALL HE WANTS FROM US IS TO STAY STEADFAST IN HIS LOVE.

WHEN WE ABIDE IN CHRIST JESUS LOVE, WE ARE ABLE TO OVERCOME ANY DIFFICULTIES AND FIND COMFORT IN HIS LOVE.

TODAY I WANT SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT CHRIST JESUS LOVE.

A NATURAL LOVE

AN OBEDIENT LOVE.

A SUPREME LOVE.

A. A NATURAL LOVE.

John 15:9 “As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.”

NATURAL LOVE IS A LOVE THAT MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY HAVE FOR EACH OTHER.

CHRIST JESUS LOVES US, BECAUSE WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD. MEANING THOSE WHO BELIEVE GOD HAS RELATIONSHIP AND CITIZENSHIP IN THE FAMILY OF GOD.

THIS LOVE WAS EXTENDED TO US , BECAUSE OF OUR FAITH IN GOD.

THIS LOVE IS HARD TO BE RECEIVED BY THOSE WHO ARE REBELLIOUS AGAINST GOD, BECAUSE THEY REFUSE TO CONFORM TO THE IMAGE OF GOD.

CHRIST JESUS LOVES US BECAUSE WE ARE HIS BROTHER’S AND SISTERS IN CHRIST.

WE WAS MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, REFLECTING HIS CHARACTERISTICS.

WE WAS BROUGHT OUT OF DARKNESS INTO THE LIGHT TO EXPERIENCE A NEW BIRTH IN A NEW FAMILY.

ONCE WE MADE A DECISION TO ALLOW THE LORD TO BE LORD OF OUR LIVES, WE RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION, WHEREBY WE CRY ABBA FATHER.

Ephesians 2:19 “Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;”

OBEDIENT LOVE.

John 15:10 “If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.”

THE CONDITION OF OBEDIENT LOVE IS OBEDIENCE.

TO BE ABLE TO ABIDE IN CHRIST JESUS LOVE, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM AND DO HIS WILL.

BECAUSE THE SON S WILL IS THE WILL OF HIS FATHER.

CHRIST JESUS HAS LOVE FOR US WHEN WE ARE IN CONSTANT PURSUIT AFTER GOD.

WE HAVE TO SEEK TO DO HIS WILL AND THAT IS THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD.

OBEDIENT LOVE IS PERFECT LOVE, A LOVE THAT WILL GO PAST IT’S OWN LIMITATIONS TO PLEASE GOD.

PERFECT LOVE WILL NOT GO OUTSIDE THE RELATIONSHIP TO PLEASE HIMSELF, BUT WILL CONTINUE TO LOVE EVEN WHEN IT HURTS YOU TO LOVE.

John 14:21 “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.”

C. SUPREME LOVE

John 15:13 “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

SUPREME LOVE DESCRIBES AN UNSELFISH, SACRIFICIAL LOVE THAT ACTS ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE.

JESUS LAID HIS LIFE DOWN TO PLEASE HIS FATHER SO THAT WHOEVER SHOULD BELIEVE IN HIM, SHOULD EXPERIENCE SUPREME LOVE INSTEAD OF THE WRATH OF GOD.

JESUS LOVE FOR US WENT BEYOND DEATH.

JESUS LOVE US SO MUCH THAT HE WILL NOT VIOLATE OUR WILL TO LIVE OR DIE.

WE HAVE TO CHOOSE RATHER WE WILL BE A FRIEND OF GOD OR A ENEMY OF GOD.

WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER, SO THAT THE LOVE IN US WILL SPILL OVER INTO THE LIVES OF OTHER’S.

Romans 5:7–8 “For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”