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Intro
You know it was 36 years today that God’s love reached out to me and saved me.
I am so blessed, it is hard to imagine His love, that He reaches out to sinners like us and saves us.
But so glad Jesus did, aren’t you?
Yes, indeed.
Monday morning the Lord had the topic of “Love” on my mind…
Love is a great word my friends, and by it we are not referring to the world’s definition of love, the world has polluted it, distorted it and twisted it away from how it is meant...
But the love I’m talking about is the Lord’s love, God’s love for us, Agape type of Love, that is the Greek word and meaning.. a godly type of love.
And when you look at the Bible, we see it a lot.
God’s message permeates it and is given to us so that we might be able to duplicate it.
So let me take you on a short journey as we consider the word “love” and how it will define and shape us.
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The first fruit of the Spirit....
Love is the first fruit of the Spirit that is listed in the Scriptures, I think that is a noteworthy fact, because all our actions have to be dipped and bathed in love.
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First off this word love here is one that defines the actions of God, especially in relation to us, He took us where we were and brought us to Himself, forgiving us.
And then verse 5 of the same chapter says this...
Love begins and ends with God, We know love because He first loved us...
The word here in the Greek refers to a “agape” love, and we know that is a godly type of love, that is the love we are to extend back to Him and yes rightly to others as well.
So this love is one where by we do our best for those around us.
Let me take you back in the OT, to see the portion of the greatest commandment illustrated.
Lev
:17-18
Love says we love others as ourselves.
How do you want to be treated?
The answer provides us with the actions that are to be extended to others of our human family.
Especially as it relates to salvation.
we are glad someone loved us and extended time toward us, and shared the message of Jesus with us.
2. The Command to Love...
Just as we have been loved, God calls on us to love one another.
Listen to the message God has given to John the beloved in
The origin of love is God, and since love is from God and if you have been born of God, knowing God then the natural response of our life should be… “Love”...
And here is where it gets to the point, if a person remains in a state of not loving, if you have no love ( others, self and or God) then how can you say you know God… in truth you do not…
I think about Corrie Ten Boone upon meeting a converted Nazi guard who once inflicted here and shame upon her and her sister in the concentration camps.
The demonstrated His love because they had experienced it in their lives.
And as God has demonstrated His love to us, we are called to love the same..
Here is the key, we must live through Him.. you see living to self and for self will never produce love, the fruit of the Spirit.
But our life in Him will… The initiative began with God, he modeled it to us..
The conclusion is seen in verse 11
So we love because he loved us and continues to love us.
This is part of his plan for us...
Now we have been talking about the easy stuff, lets move into the harder items that deal with love,
The Scriptures tell us to Love our Enemies...
3. Love Our Enemies....
When you look at the New Testament, both Luke and Matthew appear to be harmonizing, the Lord is allowing them both to share this perspective about loving your enemies.
So
Matthew 5;344
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Do right here in these spots we see this ....
LOVE
ENEMY
do good
those who hate you
bless
those who curse you
pray for
those who treat you spitefully
Love One Another
LOVE - ENEMY
ENEMY
do good - those who hate you
those who hate you
bless - those who curse you
those who curse you
pray for - those who treat you spitefully
And in fact looking at verses that follow, Luke even expands the point...
those who treat you spitefully
And in fact looking at verses that follow, Luke even expands the point...
In these illustrations we are called to have compassion on those who are wicked, on those who dont love God,
Love them, go good for them, bless them and pray for them and the list goes on....
What do you think about that?
How easy is it to do this that has been mentioned ?
It was really a break from the tradition of the day, Jesus said in
This was the way the Jews loved, they loved those who we loved them and hated those who did them wrong or hated them..
But this did not illustrate God and his true sense of love.
God would take us who knew sin and while we were hostile to him, He loved us and saved us…
What credit is it to love those who love you back?
None.... Love those then who hate you.. God did, so learn from Him.
Do you remember the parable of the good samaritan?
it teaches us that love has no boundaries ...
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