The Purpose Of God's Love

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THE PURPOSE OF GOD’S LOVE

Please open your Bibles to 1 John 3 as we continue our series on godly living with today’s message, the “Purpose of God’s Love.” This message is vitally important to every believer, because knowing God’s love gives purpose and meaning for living a godly life.

Of all you will hear in this series, this is the message that pulls everything together. This is the one message that reveals the great purpose of God to live a godly life.

Living a godly life through the love of God will impact eternity far greater than anything else you will ever do. If you could pick only one thing to do with your life, let it be to live a life of love. The supernatural glue that ties everything together, that has the power to make us into great men and women of God, is the love of God. God’s love is the difference maker between those who live godly lives, and those who do not.

1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God…! NKJV

1 Corinthians 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. NIV

THE POWER OF GOD’S LOVE IN YOUR LIFE

Before we dive into the heart of this message, there is a vital point about God’s love you need to hear deep in your soul. Usually, I would have put this point at the end of the message. But this point is so vital, that I wanted you to hear it first, so that you can better understand the rest of the message. Please listen carefully, perhaps someone here needs to hear this… and that someone may be you…

God’s love for you is an unconditional love.

God’s love for you is far greater than anything you can imagine.

God’s love for you surpasses all measure, and is not limited by any boundaries, and yet, there are many Christians who think that God no longer loves them.

How is that possible? One big reason is because we feel so unworthy of His love.

The truth is, we are unworthy of God’s love, and yet, the Bible tells us in 1 John 3 that God’s love for us is so great that the moment we believe in Him, He immediately makes us His Son or daughter. God’s love for you is never ending. Even when you are at your very worst, God still loves you. The Bible clearly tells us that God’s love is unconditional and that He never turns away from us, even when we stray from Him. God loves you; He forgives you, and His love for you never fails. That’s the great truth that you need to hear, and never forget.

For many Christians this hard is to believe. They look at their lives and say I have messed up. I have made bad choices, or I have fallen away from the Lord, and there is no way He could still love me, or forgive me for what I have done. Does that describe you?

The problem is that we tend to measure God’s love in the same way the world measures love. The world measures love by either by how good or how bad we are. And because of that, we have this idea that God only loves us when we are good. We think that when we make a mess of our lives, that God will stop loving us. And that is so not true.

God’s love for you is constant and unconditional. His love for you does not increase or decrease by the things you do, or don’t do. That doesn’t mean He wants you to stay in your life of sin. He wants

you to turn to Him and repent, and discover the purpose of God’s great love for you.

Let’s look at some Biblical examples that demonstrate God’s unconditional love.

God did not stop loving Abraham, when Abraham tried to sidestep God’s promise for a son, and believe me, that was a very huge, huge mistake. God did not stop loving Abraham, instead He forgive Him and still used Abraham to fulfill His God given purpose.

God did not stop loving David when he committed adultery and murder.

God did not stop loving Jonah when he refused to take the message of salvation to Nineveh.

When Jonah was in the belly of the whale, the Bible says the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time. Because of His great love, God, is a God of second chances.

God did not stop loving Peter when he denied knowing Jesus three times. Instead, Jesus poured out His love for Peter and restored him. If He will do that for Peter, He will do it for you.