Dynamics of God's Love
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Dynamics of Love
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17 Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. 18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.
18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.
Christians can increase in love by considering:
I. The Source of God’s Love
I. The Source of God’s Love
“God is love”
“God is love”
, 16 (NLT) 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.
, 16 (NLT) 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.
8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
(NLT) 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.
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.
A. Much of the so-called love talked about in today’s world is not true love at all. God is the source of real and lasting love. His love is pure and holy.
A. Much of the so-called love talked about in today’s world is not true love at all. God is the source of real and lasting love. His love is pure and holy.
B. God is also the source of his Word. He spoke his Word to faithful men who recorded it diligently.
B. God is also the source of his Word. He spoke his Word to faithful men who recorded it diligently.
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.
16All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.
C. God’s Word teaches us about God’s love. It tells of the sacrifice of his own Son “for his great love wherewith he loved us”
C. God’s Word teaches us about God’s love. It tells of the sacrifice of his own Son “for his great love wherewith he loved us”
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!)
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!)
4But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much,
4But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much,
5that 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!)
We can accept God’s love today through Jesus Christ.
We can accept God’s love today through Jesus Christ.
II. The Force of God’s Love
II. The Force of God’s Love
“He is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him” ().
A. Today’s world offers horse power, steam power, and nuclear power. None of these compare with the power of God’s love.
A. Today’s world offers horse power, steam power, and nuclear power. None of these compare with the power of God’s love.
B. Earthly power assists in easing the burdens of life, but it can also destroy life and bring devastation. The force of God’s love brings peace and joy in this life and eternal life in the hereafter.
B. Earthly power assists in easing the burdens of life, but it can also destroy life and bring devastation. The force of God’s love brings peace and joy in this life and eternal life in the hereafter.
C. The power of God’s love reaches everyone. It touches the gambler, thief, adulterer, prostitute, and homosexual. All who repent, believe, and forsake their sins may be saved.
C. The power of God’s love reaches everyone. It touches the gambler, thief, adulterer, prostitute, and homosexual. All who repent, believe, and forsake their sins may be saved.
so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life. 16“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life. 16“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
15so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.
16“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
III. The Course of God’s Love
III. The Course of God’s Love
III. The Course of God’s Love
III. The Course of God’s Love
“God so loved the world” ().
A. God’s love reaches into all the world. It touches young and old, the weak and strong, the great and small, and the rich and poor. Every race, color, and creed is included.
A. God’s love reaches into all the world. It touches young and old, the weak and strong, the great and small, and the rich and poor. Every race, color, and creed is included.
B. The love of many Christians is stymied because they are too busy with personal pursuits, or they are simply unconcerned about others. Their love does not reach out to others as it should.
B. The love of many Christians is stymied because they are too busy with personal pursuits, or they are simply unconcerned about others. Their love does not reach out to others as it should.
C. Our love may touch others when we give a smile, speak a kind or encouraging word, perform a good deed by assisting the less fortunate, or by sharing Christ with the unsaved. “Go ye into all the world”
C. Our love may touch others when we give a smile, speak a kind or encouraging word, perform a good deed by assisting the less fortunate, or by sharing Christ with the unsaved. “Go ye into all the world”
And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.
And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.
And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.
And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.
15And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.