Christ commanded us to love one another even as . For us to know how to love each other we must understand the character of the rich deep love that Jesus Christ that Paul describes in Ephesians 3 as surpassing knowledge.

I. His love is unmerited

A. 1 John 4:10 “In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the .”

B. Ephesians 2:4-7 “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”

C. What escapes definition is that even when we reject Him, we disobey Him, we sin against Him, . We call it ‘’, unmerited love from God to His rebellious creation.

D. God’s unmerited love is given to us, people who don’t deserve His love to transform and change us into new creations.

E. We are such undeserving beneficiaries of God’s . He reached down to us in our absolute total depravity and lifted us to Himself pouring out His grace to us.

F. Psalm 40:2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps.

 

II. His love is unlimited

A. He, who loved us forgave us, doing so without limit.

1. Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

2. Luke 23:34 Then Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.’ And they divided His garments and cast lots.

B. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son…

C. Every week among the people who worship will be some who are hurting, some who have fallen once again into the old sins, some who are doubting God’s love and others who are craving it. “God so loved the world” is not an impersonal truth, but a comforting one because it impresses on us the unlimited love of God for us. He so loved us – any of us in the world, no matter what we’ve done – that He gave His only begotten Son. Even His gift to us shows His unlimited love. He did not withhold His dearest and His best. – James M. Behringer

D. Jonah 4:2 So he prayed to the LORD, and said, ‘Ah, LORD, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness…

E. Nansen, the Norwegian explorer, tried to measure an extremely deep part of the Arctic Ocean. The first day, he used his longest measuring line but couldn’t reach bottom. He wrote in his log book, ‘The ocean is deeper than that!’ The next day, he added more line but still could not measure the depth, and so again in his record book he wrote, ‘Deeper than that!’ After several days of adding more and more pieces of rope and cord to his line, he had to leave that part of the ocean without learning its actual depth. All he knew was that it was beyond his ability to measure. So too, we cannot plumb the unlimited depths of God’s love, because our human measuring line is too short.

 

III. His love is unselfish

A.

1. 1 Corinthians 13:5-6 Love “Does not behave itself unseemly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil; Rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth.”

2. Jesus is the perfect example of selflessness. Matthew 20:28 says, ‘Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many.’

B.

• 2 Corinthians 8:9 “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.”

• John 10:10 ‘The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it] more abundantly.

PASSAGES:

Key passages used during sermon

  • Colossians 1:17 (CSB)
  • Matt. 23:37 (CSB)
  • 2 Cor. 12:9 (CSB)
  • Matt. 6:33 (CSB)

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  • Motherhood is a unique reflection of
  • The test of your is in your
  • There is no way to be a mother, and a million ways to be a .
  • What do you love most about being

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  • Prov. 4:23 (CSB)
  • Psalm 55:12-14,16 (CSB)
  • Psalm 34:18 (CSB)
  • Ezekiel 36:25-29

POINTS:

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  • We need to guard our from becoming
  • A guarded is not a
  • A hardened heart doesn’t just block – it blocks
  • Don’t project the pain of your onto people in your
  • The goal isn’t a life. It’s a that like Jesus
  • our hearts does not mean our hearts
  • Every. Time. We. . We grieve the
  • How has shaped your heart?
  • Acknowledge the and bring it to

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  • Prov. 4:14-17 (CSB)
  • Prov. 22:10 (CSB)
  • Titus 3:10 (NIV)
  • Prov. 12:15 (CSB)
  • Prov. 12:1
  • Prov. 26:11
  • Prov. 1:7
  • Prov. 11:2
  • Prov. 9:9 (NIV)
  • Prov. 13:20
  • John 10:10-11

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  • Three kinds of people: people, people, people
  • Our response to reveals our
  • How do you respond to an evil person? You from them
  • How do you respond to a foolish person? You give them
  • You can’t with people
  • How do you respond to a wise person? Get them

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  • Gen. 2:15-17
  • Gen. 3:8-13
  • Jn. 3:16-17

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  • As long as other people are responsible for my , I will never .
  • Shift from to .
  • will never set us free. It will always keep us .
  • Take appropriate
  • what’s yours to – no more, no less.
  • says, “I am responsible for what I , and .” And, “You are responsible for what You , and .”
  • When you what you’ve done, put a at the end of the sentence, not a .
  • No more stinky “”
  • Own your and lean on the .

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  • Matt. 16:16
  • Matt. 16:22-23
  • Galatians 5:16-25
  • Jeremiah 17:9
  • 2 Corinthians 5:17
  • Matt.16:24

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  • wreck relationships.
  • The only person you can truly control is .
  • can be the hardest person to .
  • Resonse-ability – the ability to our
  • The key to self-control is
  • Think about your and use the power of
  • Focus on controlling what you
  • God can you.

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  • Matt. 28:1-10
  • Deut. 6:13
  • Acts 2:37-39
  • Colossians 2:12-14

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What are you of?

When we , we need not fear anything else. But if we don’t , we have reason to fear everything else.

What are you of?

Will you him?

The only for all your other fears, is to .

Will you trust ?

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  • Acts 5:12-18
  • Acts 5:19-21a
  • Acts 5:21b-24
  • Acts 5:25-28
  • Acts 5:29-32
  • Acts 5:33-37
  • Matt.5:11-12

POINTS:

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  • can cause us to do things that are unpleasant to God.
  • No human prison is stronger than .
  • When the world tries to silence you – the !
  • Am I of ?

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  • Acts 4:32 – 5:11 (CSB)
  • Acts 4:35
  • Acts 5:1-7
  • Acts 5:8-11
  • Deut 5:11
  • Acts 5:11
  • Deut. 6:13

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  • There is no economic system safe from our .
  • Their giving was not mandated by . It was motivated by .
  • Principles for Generous Living:
  • Prioritize
    • 10%
    • 10%
    • 80%
  • Attack Your
  • Back
  • Seek
  • Don’t or you might .
  • or . And reprise.
  • When = (Subtitle- When should a wife not follow her hubby’s lead.)
  • We need a heart-level pursuit of – not just the appearance of
  • The GREATEST threat to the church is never persecution from the . It’s a lack of on the .
  • What’s behind the ?
  • When YOU lie, what’s your ?
  • We lie for FEAR of being found out as people think we are.
  • To fear the Lord is to be in the grip of .
  • What are you from God?

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  • Acts 4:1-4 (CSB)
  • Acts 4:5-12
  • Acts 4:13
  • Acts 4:14-17
  • Acts 4:18-20

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  • Following Jesus is the only way to be .
  • is offered to by the only One who can.
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  • 50 >
  • 25 >
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  • If you know Jesus as , you know enough to tell others about Him.
  • When others look at your life, can they recognize that you’ve been ?
  • When the conflicts with the – side with God no matter the consequence.
  • the News
  • Church Center App
  • Keep Jesus.

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