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Understanding The Breadth And Length And Depth And Height Of God's Love
Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Jan 10, 2011 (message contributor)
Summary: THIS SERMON IS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THE BREADTH AND LENGTH AND DEPTH AND HEIGHT OF GOD'S LOVE AND LOVING GOD AND LOVING ONE ANOTHER
And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’
In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
THE LENGTH OF GOD'S LOVE
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The love of God is so long that it lasts forever. It is an eternal love. The Lord Jesus loved his disciples till the very end. The love of man may change and turn into hatred. But the love of God remains the same and lasts for all eternity.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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The LORD appeared to us in the past,saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope,
GENESIS 31: 2 , 5
And Jacob noticed that Laban’s attitude toward him was not what it had been.
He said to them, “I see that your father’s attitude toward me is not what it was before, but the God of my father has been with me.
2 SAMUEL 13: 1-2 , 15
In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David.
Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that he made himself ill. She was a virgin, and it seemed impossible for him to do anything to her.
Then Amnon hated her with intense hatred. In fact, he hated her more than he had loved her. Amnon said to her, “Get up and get out!”
“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.
You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.
THE DEPTH OF GOD'S LOVE
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The love of God is so deep that He would go to any extent to save the lost. The Lord Jesus even went down to the lower earthly regions to speak to the disobedient spirits who were imprisoned in the days of Noah. God's love reaches even to the most depraved sinner in the depths of degradation . He calls even those who sins are red like scarlet and crimson to come to Him and be cleansed from all their sins.The blood of Jesus cleanses us from all unrighteousness. The woman caught in adultery , the Samaritan woman who had five husbands and was living with one who was not her husband , the prodigal son, Zacheus the dishonest tax collector , all of them experienced the depth of God's love in their lives.
