Love of God

We are in our third week of our series Fresh Air: How the Gospel Renews and Revives.

Many of us want a fresh start at the beginning of the year. This series details the gospel’s power to bring us hope, renewed strength, and contentment, even in difficult times.

Do you remember what we talked about in week one?

We look at what is spiritual Growth. We looked at the life of Jesus and how he went to other to help him grow. He look for help from other and he talk with other.

We cant go though spiritual growth without the help of others. We also should talk with other and allow them to help us. Behold this we must first learn to listen and seek God’s wisdom.

Do you remember what we talked about last week?

We talk about find peace in this messed up world we live in. The only way we can is to look to God. We have to be willing to partner with God to find peace.

How this week we are look at the Love of God. If you have your bible please turn to Romans 5:6-11. If you do not have your bible the verse will be on the screen in a few moments.

I talk talk about this a little bit ago with the kids. My hope is that you did learn something form that but like drive into more deal. We know that math works out to be 101% for the love of God.

Before we look at Love of God. I have a question for you.

Would you die for someone else?

Would you willing take death to save someone else?

We might for just one person here or there. We might for one of our kids or your spouse.

But you you die for the guy on the street corner?

or the people you work with?

God loves us so must that he did die for all of us. Let read what Paul wrote for us in Romans

Romans 5:6–11 CSB

6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. 8 But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 How much more then, since we have now been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from wrath. 10 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life. 11 And not only that, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.

We are helpless in sin

We- Paul includes all of us in this we. Jews and gentiles alike are ungodly without Christ.

Helpless/Weak- this has nothing to do with physical health or strength. Weak/helpless is talk about moral strength and it goes hand and had with ungodly

In his letter to the Romans, Paul wrote that God loved us when we were deep in our sin (Romans 5:6).

And knowing that many people would ultimately reject his love, he still chose to come to our aid. During his ministry on earth, Jesus taught his followers what true love looked like through his actions. Christ showed love and compassion to all those he met, knowing there were those in crowds he fed, healed, and taught who would go on to demand his blood.

He lived out what he taught on the mountaintop when he said, “But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 5:44–45).

Jesus died for us

We are helpless sinner. Our human side is to sin. Jesus knew this and he still willing to die for us.

Christ loved the people he ministered to on earth even when they were unable or unwilling to love him in return. In loving those he encountered right where they were, despite their imperfection and impurity, he showed individuals who believed they were unlovable that God saw them as worthy of his love.

Jesus loves all of us

The world—and even some within the church—would have us believe that humility and meekness are signs of weakness, but through the life of Christ, the gospel shows us that true love isn’t possible without either. Jesus was both humble and meek, but in his sacrificial, selfless love for others, we see divine strength. Through his life, his ministry, and his behavior during his trial, Jesus shows us what real love looks like. We see how he served others, how he responded to the haters, and how he didn’t depend on the good opinion of humanity to determine anyone’s worth—including his own. The apostles wrote about this type of love in their letters when they spoke about how we should love our families (Ephesians 5:21–6:4), other believers (1 John 3:11–18), and those who ill-use us (Romans 12:19–21).

Though Jesus showed love to all—including the religious leaders who were trying to ensnare him—he didn’t feel the need to invite everyone into his inner circle. And even though he loved his friend Lazarus, Jesus delayed when he received a message urging him to come right away, because he knew God was working out something important in Bethany as well as in the town Jesus was in at that moment. He knew there was something that would not be fully accomplished if he raced to Lazarus’s side at that moment (John 11:3–4). Jesus also loved his disciples enough to call them out when necessary, because he truly cared for their spiritual well-being and desired their growth more than their (or his) comfort

True love requires sacrifice of yourself

The gospel shows us that true love requires sacrifice of self, but it

doesn’t have to drain us to the point that we have nothing left to give.

The world bombards us with differing opinions on what love looks like, but in the gospel we find that God’s love frees and transforms us so we can love even the “unlovable” in the same way Christ showed his love to us.

Are you willing to except God’s love?