John 3:16-17 (NET)
16 For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
The worth of our soul is rooted in an understanding of:
- Why Jesus Came
- Who Jesus Came For
- How Jesus Came
- Jesus Came For Us
How to Receive God’s Love and Blessing Well
- It begins with ATTACHED LOVE.
Isaiah 50:6
I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.
Isaiah 53:5-7
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
John 12:32-33
32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 33 He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.
- It requires ALIGNED LOVE.
Isaiah 9:6-7
6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end . . .
Romans 10:13
. . . “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
John 14:21
“Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
- It experiences ALL-SURPASSING LOVE.
2 Corinthians 9:15
Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
Ephesians 3:17-19
. . . And I pray that you, being rooted and established in (His) love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge . . .
Isaiah 28:16
. . . “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation . . .
Matthew 21:42
– Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: “‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone . . .
Billy Graham said In Jesus’ life we should all see three things:
- The depths of man’s sins.
- The overwhelming love of God.
- Our only way to salvation.