Sermon # 2 - God's Immeasurable Love Series

We read in 2 Corinthians 9:8, “Besides, God is able to make every blessing of yours overflow for you, so that in every situation you will always have all you need for any good work.” (ISV)

This is the verse we have been meditating on that reminds us that God is able to make every blessing overflow for us so that no matter what our situation, we will always have everything we need for every good work. The Psalmist David also declared in Psalm 23 that his cup overflowed with the blessings of God in his life.

We also studied in the first part that just as the heart of God is bountiful, our hearts too must be magnanimous. However, our human nature is such that we expect God to bless us abundantly, but are sparing in the way we want to bless others.

The bountifulness of God is revealed through His copious love for us.

We read in Ephesians 3:18-19, “And I pray that you and all God's holy people will have the power to understand the greatness of Christ's love--how wide, how long, how high, and how deep that love is. Christ's love is greater than anyone can ever know, but I pray that you will be able to know that love. Then you can be filled with everything God has for you.” (ERV)

If we were to measure any object we do so only with three dimensions, width, length and height. However, when describing the love of God, this is how the Apostle Paul prayed for the church at Ephesus. Paul prayed that along with all the saints they would be able to comprehend the width, length, height and depth of God’s love. The reason for this is that the love of God is immeasurable and beyond human comprehension.

We know as to the kind of people we are, and the way our life is, but in spite of this, God has lavished His abundant love on us because we are His children. However, when we have to extend this love to others we are so conditional and frugal. God’s forgiveness is also overflowing, but we are hesitant to extend this forgiveness to others. Our desire must be that we too become more like the Lord Jesus is the way we love, and the way we forgive others.

Think about Paul, before he met the Lord. He was a persecutor of the churches, but the very man who destroyed the churches became the one who began to build the churches.

Our inability to love, to forgive, to give to others generously must change, and our hearts become ones that love, forgive and give just as Jesus did. With each passing day, the time that God has appointed for us on earth is gradually decreasing, and therefore we must pray that our hearts will change to become like that of the Lord’s. This should be our constant desire because we are Ambassadors for Christ, and we should therefore be those who are the change agents in the lives of those around us. Our lives become meaningful and purposeful only when we understand the reason God has placed us here on earth.

There are those who give many ways how we can live as God’s holy people, but Paul says that if we understand the love that God has for us, we will certainly live the holy lives that God expects of us. A believer in Christ who has understood the width, height, length of depth of God’s love will never want to speak, or live in a way that would displease our God of love. We can never fully comprehend why God has lavished this kind of love for us, a love that accepts us in spite of our sins, adopts us as His children, and gives us the position of being the children of the most High God. We must desire that we too become bountiful in every way, in grace, in love, in forgiveness, in mercy and in giving just as the Lord has lavished all of these on us.

This is a prayer we can pray for those in our families or who associate with us, who don’t know the Lord that they would comprehend the enormous love that God has for them.

Each day we only see a few dangers that come our way through our physical eyes, but there are so many evils and dangers that the Lord protects us from, and all of this is only because of His love and grace.

Jesus welcomed those whom others despised

We read in Luke 15:1-2, Many tax collectors and sinners came to listen to Jesus. Then the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to complain, "Look, this man welcomes sinners and even eats with them!" (ERV)