God's Love
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17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
jo 3:17
Confession of Faith
I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel. I am moved by what I believe. I believe the WORD of God! The victory is mine! I have it now! I can see it through the eyes of my faith!
We continue our series called “A Place To Belong” Last week we shared “Why Go To Church, and prior to that we talked about “Helping Someone to see Jesus”
Today we want to share a little about God’s Love
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Jo 3:16
Intro: This is the world's most well known Scripture. Brief and to the point, Jesus revealed God's great love.
God so loved the world.
God so loved the world.
He loved the whole world.
He loved the whole world.
The idea that God loves the whole world is a New idea.
The Jews believed God loved the religious and hated the non-religious . The same thoughts are held by many in every generation.
The fact that God truly loves is shocking to many. Some wonder and others question How God could possibly love the...
murderer • immoral person • wife beater • child abuser • prostitute • thief • alcoholic • street person • oppressor • bitter • vengeful
God loves every one, not just the religious and the good.
He does not love only the people who love Him.
He loves everyone, even the unlovely and the unbelieving,
the selfish and the greedy,
the spiteful and the vengeful.
16 I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd.
12 It’s exactly the same no matter what a person’s religious background may be: the same God for all of us, acting the same incredibly generous way to everyone who calls out for help.
13 “Everyone who calls, ‘Help, God!’ gets help.”
Preacher's Outline and Sermon Bible - Commentary - The Preacher's Outline & Sermon Bible – John.
9 The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.
The basis of God's love is His nature.
8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
Love acts; it expresses itself. Love does not sit still, doing nothing. It is not dormant, complacent, inactive.
If love actually exists, it has to act and express itself; it has to do something good.
Love is loving; that is, love is always demonstrating love to others. Therefore, God's love acts and reveals Him to be love
There is the evidence of God's love—God gave His only begotten Son
The word gave has a twofold meaning: 1. God gave His Son to the world
2. He gave His Son to die.
2. He gave His Son to die.
The idea of sacrifice, of great cost, is in both acts.
It cost God dearly to give His Son up to the world and up to the cross.
a. He gave up His Son to be separated from Him, allowing Jesus to leave His presence, to leave the majesty and glory, worship and honor of heaven
b. He gave up His Son to be separated from Him, allowing Jesus to come to earth...
Into a world that was... Into a world full of...
darkness, selfishness, hostility greed , bitterness, immorality rebellion, anger and sin.
He gave up His Son to be separated from Him, allowing Jesus to die for the sins of men
13 But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
More evidence of God's love is that God took the initiative to save man.
Man did not seek to save himself; God sought to save him.
God gave His Son so that we might be forgiven and saved.
God is the seeking Savior.
God is not... angry, unloving unforgiving
God does not... hate us, have to be persuaded to love us or have to be convinced to forgive us
4 But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much,
5 that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!)
ephes 2:4-5
Salvation: This is the purpose of God's love: to save us.
God's purpose in giving His Son was threefold.
1. To save us from perishing .
2. To save us to eternal life.
3. To save men through belief.
17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
The Love Of God
God actually sent His Son into the world
14 And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us; and we [actually] saw His glory (His honor, His majesty), such glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of grace (favor, loving-kindness) and truth.
1. Christ was not sent to condemn or to judge the world. We, the world, deserve to be judged and condemned.
We are guilty both of breaking God's law and of coming short of God's glory
23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.
9 So are we Jews better than others? No! We have already said that Jews and those who are not Jews are all guilty of sin.
10 As the Scriptures say: “There is no one who always does what is right, not even one.
11 There is no one who understands. There is no one who looks to God for help.
12 All have turned away. Together, everyone has become useless. There is no one who does anything good; there is not even one.”
13 “Their throats are like open graves; they use their tongues for telling lies.” “Their words are like snake poison.”
14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and hate.”
15 “They are always ready to kill people.
16 Everywhere they go they cause ruin and misery.
17 They don’t know how to live in peace.”
18 “They have no fear of God.”
But Jesus was not sent to condemn or judge us. Judgment and condemnation was not His purpose.
Jesus was sent to save us. His purpose was to save us from perishing and to save us to eternal life.
10 The Son of Man came to find lost people and save them.”
The BluePrint
In order to build a great building you need to follow a blueprint!
God’s word is the blue print for us to live by and to build the church!
The Blueprint - The Bible tell us that God Loves us
Jesus came to save us not condemn us!
We are his hands and feet and we are called to love each other as Christ loves the church!
UCF is a place to belong!
Jesus is the Foundation
He is the Builder
He is the leader
We are his church and we are here for the World
United Christian Fellowship - Where God’s Word meets your World
NEXT STEPS!
• Read Colossians Chapter 1 This Week
• Pray for someone you know who may be struggling:
• Invite them to church
• Sign Up for a Growth Group or volunteer to lead a growth group!
