Dynamics of Love
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Dynamics of Love
“And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power … to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ” (Eph. 3:17, 18 niv).
Christians can increase in love by considering:
I. The Source of Love
I. The Source of Love
“God is love” (1 John 4:8, 16).
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. “All scripture is given by inspiration of God” (2 Tim. 3:16).
B. God is also the source of his Word. He spoke his Word to faithful men who recorded it diligently. “All scripture is given by inspiration of God” (2 Tim. 3:16).
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” (Eph. 2:4). We can accept God’s love today through Jesus Christ.
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” (Eph. 2:4). We can accept God’s love today through Jesus Christ.
II. The Force of Love
II. The Force of Love
“He is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him” (Heb. 7:25).
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 (see John 3:15).
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 (see John 3:15).
III. The Course of Love
III. The Course of Love
“God so loved the world” (John 3:16).
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” (Mark 16:15).
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” (Mark 16:15).
Spray, R. E. (1991). Positive Sermon Outlines (pp. 16–17). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.