Romans 5:6-8

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</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Accept _</B><B><U>Christ's</U></B><B>_ _</B><B><U>love</U></B><B>_for you as you are 5:6  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Luke 10:38-41</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Believe why _</B><B><U>Christ</U></B><B>__ _</B><B><U>died</U></B><B>_for you 5:7</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Commit to _</B><B><U>trusting</U></B><B>_ God's love 5:8  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Isaiah 55:8-9</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Luke 10: 25-37 </B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Trust God's love</B></div> <div> <B>and you'll never look in the wrong place again!</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Biblical Teaching on Love</B></div> <div>      We first ought to understand that God is love, but love is not God.  God is the embodiment, the characteristic, the picture, the essence of love.  God's love is unconditional, eternal, righteous, pure, holy, and faithful to His own character as He expresses love.  </div> <div>      The world confuses love with lust, desire, and feelings.  The world conveys that satisfaction means love has been fulfilled.  The world distorts love by man-centered means to gain personal goals.  The world and the enemy himself want you to get what you want in any way you can so you can feel loved. Human love has as many variations as the number of people on earth.  </div> <div> There may be feelings associated with godly love, but it is not a requirement to love with God's love to have or express feelings.  Feelings come and go.  God was not moved by feelings to send Jesus Christ to the cross.  God sent Jesus Christ to the cross because it was the righteous requirement moved by His justice.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>God is love 1 John 4:8</B></div> <div> <B>There are four kinds of love:</B></div> <div> Agape (a-ga-pay) love is an unconditional action denying self for the sake of others 1 John 4:9.  The verb is agapao- (a-ga-pa-o) which is love in action based on the character of the subject doing the loving, not on the character of the object of love.</div> <div> Phileo- (fil-le-o) love is conditioned on mutual interaction of friendship, kindness and devotion John 5:20.  God never commands you to phileo- another person, because there may not be a reason to phileo- them.  God does command us to agapao- others (John 15:17), because that love is not based on the object, but the character of one the one doing the loving.</div> <div> Eros (not in Scripture) is physical love.</div> <div> Storge (not in Scripture) is family love. (There is a form of this word used in Scripture).</div> <bR> <div> <B>Love is action; it isn't passive 1 John 4:10</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>How do you know if you have God's love?</B></div> <div> You read it in Scripture John 3:16</div> <div> God's Spirit witnesses that with your spirit Rom. 8:16</div> <div> We know we are adopted by God Eph. 1:5</div> <div> You love with agape love 1 John 4:11,19</div> <div> He loves you enough to not let you remain as you are Heb. 12:5,6</div> <bR> <div> <B>How do you know if you love God?</B></div> <div> You deny yourself and love Him with all your heart, soul, and mind Matt. 22:37</div> <div> You have inexpressible joy 1 Peter 1:8</div> <div> You actively love others and are not indifferent, independent, or opposing others 1 John 4:20</div> <div> You have an anticipation of God's unfolding plan 1 Cor. 2:9</div> <div> You love your wife Eph. 5:25-28</div> <div> You respect your husband Eph. 5:22-24</div> <div> You obey your parents (if under their authority) Eph. 6:1</div> <bR> <div> <B>How do you know if you use God's love?</B> God's love motivates:</div> <div> You love God and others Matt. 22:37-39</div> <div> You'll not take vengeance on others Lev. 19:18</div> <div> You believe you are obligated to love others Rom. 13:8</div> <div> Your love will never fail, but continues 1 Cor. 13:7: Heb. 13:1</div> <div> You keep (guard) the Word and are perfected 1 John 2:5</div> <div> You are motivated to love because of His love 1 John 4:7</div> <div> You love your enemy Luke 6:35</div> <bR> <div> <B>What happens when we love with God's love?</B></div> <div> When we love God, we receive the crown of life James 1:12</div> <div> We become heirs in His kingdom James 2:5</div> <div> We experience His covenantal love (based on Dan. 9:4; 1 Cor. 11:25</div> <bR> <div> <B>What happens when we don't love (or honor) God?</B></div> <div> We become foolish in our thinking Eph. 4:17; (Rom. 1:21)</div> <div> We become darkened in our thinking Eph. 4:18</div> <div> We lose out on God's plan for relationships Eph. 4:19</div> <bR> <div> <B>Be still and know and know that I am God  Psalm 46:10</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>God loves you!</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id145.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Romans 5:911"><U><B>Next Page</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grace Evangelical Church"><U><B><IMG SRC="0c740400.gif" border=0 width="64" height="64" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grace Evangelical Church"><U><B>Home</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>