Title: Love the World
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1. The LORD said to me, "Though the children of Israel worship other gods and enjoy raisins, the LORD loves them. Go again, and love the woman who was loved by others and became a prostitute."
2. I bought him for me for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley
3. I said to him, 'Stay with me many days, and do not commit fornication, and do not follow other men, and I will do the same to you.
new testament
16. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. R>
sermon
love the world
(John 3:16)
There are many evil things in this world. External things such as war, violence, poverty, and internal evils such as despair, loneliness, and hatred are all caused by human sin and are causing suffering to the world and oneself. How does a holy God view this world? He does not intend to judge and destroy the world, but He says that He loves them.
1. God loved the unworthy. God chose Israel to be his people and delivered them from bondage to Egypt. Why did you choose Israel? The Bible says that they are not because they are numerous or clever, but simply because God loved them.
2. God's love is Agape's love. The love of God that is unprecedented in human love is called Agape love. Hosea finds his wife, Gomer, who had abandoned him and went to another man, and takes him as his wife. For Gomer, there was no such man except Hosea.
3. Accept God's love. No one can say that I do not need God's love because I am so generous. No one can say that I am not worthy of God's love because I am too short. We can only reject that love because we do not know it.
But don't use the freedom to reject God. Because it hurts both God and us. Receive God's unconditional love. We need that love. To us, God's love is so great that we cannot refuse it, and to God we are so precious that we cannot give it up. R>
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