The Greatest Commandment(s)
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God Loves Me
God Loves Me
Talking about love
Learned it early - Jesus Loves me, first verse
We are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John
See what great love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children—and we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know him.
BLank slide
We need to know
Many don’t believe - we believe we are tolerated
Move beyond misconceptions - 3 things
Turn to Romans
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Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: Because of you we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
God’s love is permanent
Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
Now if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with patience.
God’s love is permanent
what can separate us - nothing
agape love
perfect and complete
This is becoming more important - times are tough
You may lose things - but not God’s love
Do you believe God’s word or your feelings?
But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
God’s love is powerfull
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
God’s love is powerful
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
Nothing stronger
Bad things happen - we ask why
World is not what God intended - broken
Result of our sin - consequences
Hard things mature us
His love does not change - gives us peace
God’s love is personal
this is where it all changes
Romans 8:
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
God’s love is personal
move from agape to phileo
persuaded - seduced
not generic
Gives me His spirit - ;
Purpose - Eph 2;10
Disciplines me - ;
FOrgives me - ;9
Adopted - relationship
God Loves Me
God Loves Me