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2. GOD SO LOVED
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3. The Golden Text of the Bible
God So Loved
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
The Golden Text of the Bible
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4. God So Loved God Is Love I John 4:7-8
“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”
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5. God So Loved We Ought To Love I John 3:16
“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.”
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6. “Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.”
We Ought To Love
I John 4:11,19-20
“Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.”
“We love him, because he first loved us. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?”
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7. Manifestation of God’s love
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Manifestation of God’s love
In creation
Genesis 1:26-27
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
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8. Manifestation of God’s love He gave hope after the first sin
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Manifestation of God’s love
He gave hope after the first sin
Genesis 3:15
“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”
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9. Manifestation of God’s love
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Manifestation of God’s love
God gave His Son
I John 4:9
“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.”
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10. Manifestation of God’s love God showed love to His enemies
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Manifestation of God’s love
God showed love to His enemies
Matthew 5:44
“But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;”
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11. Manifestation of God’s love In making us His children
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Manifestation of God’s love
In making us His children
I John 3:1-2
“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.”
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12. God So Loved II. To preach John 3:16 offends some “For God”
Atheist says “there is no God.”
“So loved”
Offends the Deist who believes God created all, but left it to itself.
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13. God So Loved II. To preach John 3:16 offends some “The world”
The electionist thinks God loved not the world, but the elect.
“That He gave”
Denies premillenialism, which says God sent Jesus to set up a worldly kingdom, but made church instead.
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14. God So Loved II. To preach John 3:16 offends some
“His only begotten Son”
The Jew, Muslim and modernist
“That whosoever”
Denies Calvinistic doctrine of unconditional election.
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15. God So Loved II. To preach John 3:16 offends some “Believeth in Him”
Denies doctrine of universalism
“Should not perish”
Denies materialism & universalism
“But have eternal life”
Denies impersonal hope in life after death.
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16. III. What kind of love does God have?
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III. What kind of love does God have?
Everlasting love
Jeremiah 31:3
“The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee.”
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17. III. What kind of love does God have?
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III. What kind of love does God have?
Immeasurable love
Ephesians 3:16-17
“That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,”
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18. III. What kind of love does God have?
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III. What kind of love does God have?
Incomprehensive love
Ephesians 3:19
“And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.”
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19. III. What kind of love does God have?
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III. What kind of love does God have?
Great love
John 15:12
“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
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20. III. What kind of love does God have?
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III. What kind of love does God have?
His love is shed abroad
Romans 5:5-6
“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given unto us. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.”
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21. God So Loved HOW CAN WE DO THIS? God so loved, He gave
The least we can do is return that love
I John 4:19
“We love him, because he first loved us.”
HOW CAN WE DO THIS?
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22. By obeying the gospel & remain faithful
God So Loved
By obeying the gospel & remain faithful
Hear – Rom. 10:17
Believe – Heb. 11:6
Repent – Luke 13:3
Confess – Acts 8:36-37
Be Baptized – Acts 2:38
Remain Faithful – Rev. 2:10
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