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John 3:16 (NIV)

John 3:16 (NIV) 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. Fact 1: It's a universal need. Fact 1: It's a universal need Fact 2: There is a universal solution. Fact 1: It's a universal need

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John 3:16 (NIV)

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  1. John 3:16 (NIV) • 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

  2. Fact 1: It's a universal need

  3. Fact 1: It's a universal need • Fact 2: There is a universal solution

  4. Fact 1: It's a universal need • Fact 2: There is a universal solution • Fact 3: There is a tragic disconnect

  5. They don't know God loves them

  6. They don't know God loves them • They know of God's love, but have not received it

  7. They don't know God loves them • They know of God's love, but have not received it • They have received God's love, but don't know how to experience it in daily life

  8. John 3:16 (NIV) • 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

  9. Ephesians 3:17-19 • ...And I pray that you, being rooted and established in 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, 

  10. 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

  11. 1. His thoughts, intentions, desires, and plans for you are always for your good and never for your harm

  12. Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) • For I know the plans I have for you, ”declares the Lord,“ plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

  13. 2. He is kind, open, approachable, frank, and eager to be your friend

  14. John 15:15 (NIV) • I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

  15. 3. He emotionally identifies with your pain, joy, hopes, and dreams and has chosen to allow your happiness to affect His own

  16. John 11:35 (NIV) • Jesus wept

  17. 4. He takes pleasure in you just for who you are totally apart from your performance and/or accomplishments.

  18. Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV) • The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in His love He will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”

  19. 5. He is actively and creatively orchestrating people, circumstances, and events to express His affection and to provide for your highest good.

  20. Romans 8:28 (NIV) • And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.

  21. How does God reveal His love to us?

  22. First: Through creation

  23. Genesis 1:26-27 (NIV) • Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

  24. 27 So God created mankind in His own image,in the image of God he created them;male and female he created them.

  25. Colossians 1:16 (NIV) • 16 For in Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him

  26. Second: Through providence

  27. Matthew 5:44-45 (NIV) • But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

  28. Third: Through incarnation

  29. Luke 19:10 (NIV) • 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

  30. John 4:23 (NIV) • 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.

  31. Fourth: Through His discipline

  32. Hebrews 12:6 (NIV) • because the Lord disciplines the one He loves, • and He chastens everyone He accepts as His son.”

  33. Revelation 3:19 (NIV) • Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.

  34. Proverbs 3:12 (NIV) • ... the Lord disciplines those He loves, • as a father the son He delights in.

  35. Fifth: Through His Holy Spirit

  36. Romans 5:5 (NIV) • And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

  37. Sixth: Through His Son

  38. Jesus’ life modeled God’s love

  39. Jesus’ life modeled God’s love • Jesus’ teaching explained God’s love

  40. Luke 15 • The Lost Sheep • The Lost Coin • The Lost Son

  41. Jesus’ life modeled God’s love • Jesus’ teaching explained God’s love • Jesus’ death demonstrated God’s love

  42. 1 John 3:16 (NIV) • 16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

  43. Romans 5:8 Version (NIV) • 8 But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

  44. A • B • C

  45. Admit • Believe • Confess

  46. John 3:16 (NIV) • 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

  47. John 1:12 (NIV) • 12 Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

  48. A Command: • John 13:34-35 (NIV) • “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

  49. A Calling • 1 John 3:16-18 (NIV) • 16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 

  50. 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? 18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

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