Title: God loves me / John 3:16-21
I. God loves me.
1. The starting point of faith
Four Principles of Spiritual Life (4 Smart)
1) God loves me (you) and has a great plan for me
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2) I am a sinner. (All men are sinners.) The penalty for sin is death.
All.
3) Jesus Christ died on the cross to save sinners.
All.
4) As long as you believe in Jesus Christ, you will be accepted as my Lord and God.
If we do, we will be saved. You become a child of God.
John 3:16 says, “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son.
so that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."
It's called the Little Gospel. It is a verse from the entire Bible.
Hymns 241 verse 1 and the chorus
“The book Heavenly Father has given you is a precious and important word.
Among the happy and welcome words, I am so glad that you loved me.
It is joy and joy that you love juna
I am so glad that you love Juna.
2. Unconditional love
That God loves me is love nonetheless.
All. It is unconditional love.
1) He loved us while we were still weak. (Romans 5:6)
2) While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
He confirmed his love for us with his heart. (Romans 5:8)
3) His Son, Jesus Christ, while we were still enemies with God.
was given as a peace offering (Romans 5:10).
3. Athlete love
God loved me first.
Hymns 98:1-2
Verse 1 The Lord Jesus loved me before I knew him.
That great love appeared and my soul was born again
You are always in my heart and I am in you
It's like a grape parlor, so my friend is very good
Verse 2 Jesus, who is my friend, to save me
You gave up your precious body to atone for my sins
I always believe in the Lord and rely on His hand
I will dedicate my body and my heart to be faithful to the end
John 15:16 “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you.
you"
1 John 4:10 "Here is love, not that we loved God
But God loved us and his Son was the propitiation for our sins
for you have sent me."
II. I love God.
1. Confession of Faith
“I love God” is a confession of faith. Us
No matter how much you love someone, love is not until you fire and confess
No.
Jesus asked Peter, "Do you love me?" love
wanted to hear the confession of At this point, Peter answered. "I
I love the Lord.” To be more precise, “Yes. I
You know that I love you."
2. Conditional love
God's love for me is unconditional love. Sarah of Agape
is. But my love for God is conditional love.
This is the love of Hylos.
I love God because He loved me and gave His only begotten Son.
Do you love God because if you believe in Jesus, He will give you eternal life?
All. Love is love because it is loved.
This is a true story that was published in the magazine "Life of Victory" in 1973.
A full-term woman was visiting the missionary village the night before Christmas.
I did. In the freezing cold of minus 16 degrees, if you go up one step, you slip two steps.
If you go up two steps, you slip three steps. deep mountain
where she gave birth to a baby. Cut a pine needle branch and cover it on the floor of the new road.
She took off her skirt and laid it on top of it, giving birth. Let the baby show his face
Take off the phosphorus to the top and cover the baby's face.
Early in the morning, a missionary rides a jeep to lead the morning worship service.
As I crossed the road, a woman in all her arms was illuminated by the light and I heard a baby crying.
came. The woman makes sure that the cold air of midwinter does not seep into the baby.
To sleep, hold the baby tightly in a crouched position like a stoop,
uh there was Seeing the blood splattered all over the ridge, I kept my body warm.
It looks like they ran around it to get underground. this woman with the police
I've tried to inquire about the identity, but I have no way of knowing, so I buried it in a sunny place.
and the missionary adopted this child as his adopted son. this child is a teenager
The missionary returned to his home country when call me air
I mourn the high self-defense.
“Are you going to follow me, your stepfather? Or here in your mother’s country?
will you stay in The time has come for you to choose."
Shocked, the son locked the door, stopped eating, and wept.
started waking up. cold winter barefoot out
ran out. running
This child, who was running, ran out of Dong-gu and bowed to the sky, vomiting.
started to swear. "Mother, mother, my mother!"
I ran to my mother's grave, cut the thorns around the grave, and cut the reeds
pulled out And all the snow was swept away. one piece, one piece
He took off his clothes and covered his mother's grave. naked on the snow
knelt down and said,
“Mom, are you this cold?
you are dead You took it off to save me. i for my mother
What the hell can you do?
The missionary couple who followed them in this situation so majestic, solemn and great
I couldn't even resist, I just watched from behind the pine tree.
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Hymns 511 verse 1
“I love Jesus my Savior more, fall on your knees and hear the prayers.
my true wish is to love my savior jesus more love more
III. We must love one another.
1. Our love for one another is the practice of faith.
1 John 4:11 “Beloved, if God so loved us,
We also deserve to love each other."
We must love one another because we believe that God has loved us.
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Here's the story:
Someone prayed to God.
I prayed, “God, take away my pride,” and God
He answered "No" and said, "Pride is not something that God destroys.
It is what you give up."
I prayed, "God, give me patience."
He answered "No" and said, "Patience is a by-product, so
It is not something you can find, but something you yourself will find.”
I prayed, "God, make me happy," and God
He answered "No" and said, "Because I have already blessed you abundantly.
Happiness or unhappiness is up to you."
I prayed, "God, take away the pain from me."
Nim answered "No" and said, "Pain makes you far from the world.
It is the grace that brings you closer.”
“God, give me the ability to love others as you have loved me.
I prayed, "Give me," and God smiled and said, "Now
I have learned to pray that pleases me.”
We need to pray that we will be able to love others
will be I need to pray that even those who hate me will love me.
I need to pray that I will love the person who harms me. my circle
We need to pray for love for Sue. we are in our own strength
enemy
hard to love It's hard to love someone who hates me.
It's hard to love someone who doesn't like me.
Those who have experienced the love of Christ can love.