THE LOVE OF GOD,  HIS GIFT TO US

1 JOHN  4:7-

INTRO:  FEB. 14^TH  IS WHAT THIS NATION CALLS VALENTINES DAY.  A DAY WHEN HUSBANDS AND WIVES, BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS  GIVE A CARD OR A GIFT TO THEIR SWEET HEART, THE ONE THEY LOVE, TO SHOW THEIR LOVE OR AFFECTION TO EACH OTHER.

--I LOVE MY FAMILY WITH ALL MY  HEART, BUT THE LOVE I HAVE FOR THEM CANNOT SURPASS THE LOVE THAT GOD HAS FOR ME AND YOU.

--THERES NOTHING LIKE THE LOVE OF GOD, ITS AN OVERWHELMING LOVE, THE GREATEST THING GOD EVER DID FOR YOU AND ME IS TO LOVE US ENOUGH TO SEND HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON TO DIE FOR OUR SINS.   GOD GAVE HIS GIFT OF LOVE, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

--LETS LOOK HERE AT JOHNS EPISTLE AND I BELIEVE IT HAS PURPOSE TO ME AND YOU:

1--THAT OUR JOY MIGHT BE FULL     CH.1:4

2--THAT WE MIGHT NOT SIN    CH.2:1

3--THAT WE MIGHT KNOW THAT WE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE     CH.5:13

4--THAT WE OURSELVES  MIGHT LOVE OTHERS     CH.4:11

  --AND THIS IS JUST TO NAME SOME.

--AS JOHN IS WRITING HE TELLS US OF A GREAT GOD WITH A GREAT LOVE FOR SINNERS AND THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO PREACH ON:  THE LOVE OF GOD, HIS GIFT TO US. 

--AND THIS LOVE IS DESCRIBED IN  VERSES 7-10

--THE LOVE OF GOD:

1-  ITS UNSPEAKABLE         ROM. 8:38-39

--I CANT UNDERSTAND IT, OR WHY, BUT I KNOW IVE EXPERIENCED IT AND I CAN NEVER BE SEPERATED FROM IT.

--I JUST CANT EXPLAIN IT,   BUT I KNOW THE LOVE OF GOD IS REAL.

2-  ITS UNENDING        JER. 31:3

--THANK GOD HE WILL NEVER STOP LOVING US

--HE DON’T LOVE THE SIN, BUT HE LOVES THE SINNER

--HE WISHES NONE TO PERISH BUT THAT ALL WOULD COME TO REPENTANCE.

--EVER TIME WE BREAK HIS HEART, HE STILL LOVES US.

--DAVID   BROKE  HIS  HEART

--PETER  BROKE HIS HEART

--ECT…

3-  ITS UNSELFISH     ROM.2:4  ,        1JOHN 4:19

--IT ASKS FOR NOTHING IN RETURN

--HE WILL LOVE YOU, WHETHER WE LOVE HIM OR NOT.

--THANK GOD IT LEADS MAN TO REPENT AND TURN TO GOD IN LOVE.

4-  ITS UNMERITED      MAT.  23:37

--IT CANNOT BE EARNED OR DESERVED

--YES ITS CORRECT WE ARE NOT WORTHY BUT THANK GOD WE WERE MADE WORTHY THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.

5-  ITS UNCONDITIONAL      

--ITS NOT BASED ON WHAT WE CAN OR CANNOT PRODUCE, IT COMES FROM THE HEART OF GOD.

--MAN CAN NEVER REACH A PLACE WHEN HE WILL NOT BE LOVED BY GOD!     GOD LOVED US FIRST,  HE LOVED US ANYWAY AND HE LOVES US ETERNALLY.

--THANK GOD IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE DONE,  HE STILL LOVES YOU AND WILL FORGIVE YOU IF YOU WILL BELIEVE IN HIM AND CONFESS YOUR SINS.

--HIS LOVE IS SUPERNATURAL, ITS SACRIFICING, ITS SATISFYING!

--WE CAN SEE GODS LOVE WHEN WE LOOK AT CALVARY.

A--  HE STOOD IN THE GAP      2COR. 5:21

     -HE TOOK OUR PLACE!

B-- HE SAVED US FROM HELL     1PETER 1:18-19

     -THE BLOOD OF CHRIST JESUS OPENED THE DOOR OF  SALVATION FOR EVERY SINNER  WHO WOULD COME TO GOD.

--EPH. 1:7

CONCLUSION:    OH THE LOVE OF GOD,  HIS GIFT TO YOU!

--THANK YOU GOD FOR LOVING ME TO DEATH!