Light Shines - Part 10

That everything that God does comes from the heart of love within him, from his nature. Today, God's love is not based upon your performance. It's based upon his character. There's nothing that you could do to make God love you more. He already loves you. It's part of his nature. It's part of his character. And don't know about you, but, church, that is that is so freeing that you cannot earn god's love. You can only receive god's love. He doesn't say to you, I love you if you do this. I love you because you do this. No. God loves you because it's part of his nature. It's part of his character. And that and that's such a freeing aspect when we recognize who god truly is. [00:21:14] (55 seconds)  #GodsLoveByNature

It's not like that God had, like, a hundreds of sons and said, I could spare one. He sent his one and only son. Why? Because he loves you that much. That he suffered and died on the cross for you and I out of God's heart of love so that we out of Christ's heart of love so we can have eternity with him. God showed us how much he loved him. See, love comes from god as most clearly seen in him sending his one and only son, Jesus. God did not just speak about love. He showed love. Last week, we talked a little bit about that that we need to have a love that is in action, not just love in words, but there needs to be an action. God's love is seen by him showing, sending his son Jesus. [00:25:29] (48 seconds)  #JesusSacrificeShown

Now today, the reality is lost people can love. Lost people can also love very well. And sadly, sometimes they love better than people that are in the church. But the reality is this. The reason why we all can love is in spite of our brokenness, in spite of our sinfulness, at times, we reflect our creator. And our creator is good. Our creator is loving. And so we all bear that image. And John says, love comes from God just as light and heat heat radiate from the sun, that love radiates from God's very nature. [00:18:08] (45 seconds)  #LoveRadiatesFromGod

I want you to know that today, before you reach to God, he's already reached out to you. He's already made that first step, and he loves you, and he cares about you. That this is real love. Not that we have loved God, but he loved us first and sent his son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. This speaks to the depth of of love that that god has for you and I. It was a costly love. It was not only a love that went first, a love that that you and I, we don't deserve, but god does it first. He shows it first. He sent his son as as a sacrifice to take away our sins. [00:27:31] (52 seconds)  #HeLovedUsFirst