A Love That You Can’t Figure Out [Podcast]

By Tom Shanklin What kind of love is it that would cause a man to hang on a cross and die for people that hated Him? What kind of love would motivate someone to pray for those who crucified him? “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” That is God’s love, which we see in the person of Jesus. The Scripture says that God’s love “surpasses knowledge.” It goes beyond anything we can comprehend. You just can’t figure it out! Grasping the truth of God’s love requires spiritual knowledge. It requires revelation. In this podcast, we explore God’s love: * God’s love for us. * God’s love in us. * God’s love through us. Each of these three elements are necessary for us to comprehend God’s love. We must receive God’s love, experience God’s love, and walk in God’s love. Only as we love others with this miraculous love, can we explore the reality of the love of God. In the world today, the love of many is waxing cold. God’s people must manifest the opposite spirit. The devil wants the Church angry. The devil wants the Church grumpy. The devil wants the Church in the spirit of the world. It’s time to choose to walk in the love and find the joy of loving and serving people with God’s love. Enjoy these precious truths today! Sermon Notes… A Love that You Can’t Figure Out “For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 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, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.” Ephesians 3:14-21, KJV. MAIN THOUGHT: By comprehending God’s love for you, in you, and through you, you can fulfill all that He plans for you in your life. I. GOD’S LOVE FOR YOU “To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.” Ephesians 1:6, KJV. “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:” Ephesians 2:1-6, KJV. “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.” John 3:16, KJV. “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.” 1 John 3:16, KJV. Put your roots down in love. Get grounded in love. Illustration: When you keep moving plants they fail to get rooted and fail to grow. Illustration: He loves me: He loves me not. NO, He loves me! Don’t allow circumstances to alter your view. II. GOD’S LOVE IN YOU “And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” Romans 5:5, KJV.