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“God’s Great Love”
John 3:16-17
! Introduction:
God is love (1Jn.
4:8,16)
· Psalm 63:3; 86:15; 100:5
· Ps.36:7;
89:1-2
· The N.T. ultimately unveils the ultimate proof of God’s love (Rom.5:8;
1Jn.4:9-10;
Eph.2:4-6)
1.
The fact: God so loved (v.16a)
1.
Whole world (Jn.1:29; 3:16; Rom.10:12-13; 1Tim.2:4;
Heb.2:9; 2Pet.3:9;
1Jn.2:2)
/a.
/Some say that “world” in Jn.3:16 refers to /“the world of believers”/ rather than /“the world of the ungodly”/ p.100-102
2.
The Basis of God’s Love is His Nature (1Jn.4:8,
16; Rom.5:8)
/a.
/The worlds love is always object-orientated (physical attractiveness, etc.).
/b. /God’s love is not object orientated – there is no good quality in us to be loved.
/c. /If God loved the way the world does then He would not love a single human being.
3.
Love acts & expresses itself (1Jn.3:16
cf.
Eph.5:25b)
/a.
/God has given us the capacity to love others as He loves them (Rom.5:5;
1Thess.4:9).
/b. /God has commanded us to love, therefore, it must be a matter of choice (James 2:8; 1Jn.3:7, 16-18, 23; 4:7, 11).
/c. /Christ’ kind of love is not based on the attractiveness of the one loved but on God’s command to love.
/d. /A husband [me] is not commanded to love his wife because of what she is or is not, but because it is God’s will for him to love her.
1) The good Samaritan (Lk.10:29-37).
2) Jesus washed the disciples feet because He loved them (Jn.13) and to give an example of what every disciple of His is commanded to do (Jn.13:14,
34).
/e.
/Where there is a need, love acts, with no consideration of deserving worth (1Jn.3:16).
4.
The One Who Does Not Love Does Not Know God
The context of John’s first epistle is the /assurance of salvation/ and outlining several practical & doctrinal tests that either demonstrate or disprove the genuineness of one’s salvation.
/a.
/To help struggling believers gain Assurance:1Jn.5:13
/b. /To destroy false assurance: 1Jn.1:6; 2:4, 9; 4:9
/c. //Genuine/ faith will be shown by love, real faith works /through love/: Gal.5:6)
/d. /This sort of God-given love is not easily counterfeited.
Look at all that is involved:
1) Love for God Himself (1Cor.16:22)
2) Love for the brethren (1Jn.3:14)
3) Love of truth and righteousness (Rom.6:17-18)
4) Love for the Word of God (Ps.1:2)
5) Love for our enemies (Matt.5:44)
/e.
/Godly love is the mark of /genuine faith/ (1Jn.4:16)
e Is there a loss of the sense that God is against me? (Rom.5:1;
8:31)
e Is there a loss of craven fear of God, and a corresponding increase of godly fear? (1Jn.4:18;
Heb.12;28).
e Do I sense the love of God for me? (1Jn.4:16).
e Do I know that my sins are forgiven?
(Rom.4:7-8).
e Do I have a sense of gratitude to God? (Col.2:6-7).
e Do I have an increasing hatred for sin? (Rom.7:15-16).
e Do I desire to please God and live a holy life? (Jn.14:21;
1Jn.2:5-6).
e Is there a desire to know God better and draw near to Him? (Phil.3:10).
e Is there a conscience regret that my love for Him is less that what it ought to be? (Phil.1:9-10).
e Is there a sense of delight in hearing about God and the things of God? (Ps.1:1-2).
2.
The Greatness of God’s Love
/Width:/ whosoever (see John 21:15-17God’s acceptance of Gentile and Jew equally in Christ (Eph.2:11-18)
/Length/: God’s choosing us before the foundation of the world (Eph.1:4-5)
for salvation that will last for all eternity.
/Depth/: God reaching down to the lowest levels of depravity to redeem those who are dead in trespasses and sins (Eph.2:1-3)
/Height/: Having blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, in Christ (1:3) and in raising us up and seating us “with Him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus” (2:6)
3.
The evidence: God gave (v.16b)
1.
Gave has a two fold meaning: God gave His Son/ to the world /&/ to die./
/a.
/Allowing Jesus to leave His presence, to leave the majesty & glory, worship & honor of heaven (Mark 9:2-3)
/b. /Allowing Jesus to come to earth (Phil.2:5-8)
/c. /Allowing Jesus to die for the sins of men (Matt.26:37-38)
2.
God took the initiative to save man
/a.
/Man did not seek to save himself (Rom.3:11),
God sought us (Luke 19:10).
3.
God planned this throughout eternity
Christ knew from eternity past what would be demanded of His eternal love if men were to be provided a way of salvation.
He gave up His prerogatives as God’s Son (Phil.2:6-8).
/a.
/Acts 2:23-24
/b. /Is.53:10
speaks of the crucifixion eight centuries before it took place
/c. /Revelation 13: -the Lamb that was slain before the foundation of the world.
/d. /Genesis 22:3
4. The purpose: To save (v.16c)
1.
From perishing (v.16c)
/a.
/2Corinthians 4:3-4—“Perishing” means /“to be lost, to be in the process of being destroyed or ruined, corrupted and put to death.”
/Men are on the road to /being lost/.
/b.
/2Thessalonians 1:8-9
2.
To eternal life (v.16c)
/Eternal life is a Present Possession, not merely a Future Hope./
/a.
/Eph.1:3
– God has blessed us with every Spiritual blessing /in the heavenly places/.
/b. /Eph.2:5-6 - Even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ…and raised /us/ up together, and made /us/ sit together /in the heavenly places/ in Christ Jesus, (Ephesians 2:5-6 NKJV).
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