A Love Response
The Love of God is eternal
Jeremiah 31:3
The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying:
"Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.(=
NKJV)
I have loved you with an everlasting
love; =
Only by faith can be g=
rasp
this truth
His grace and mercy flow out of His love for us<= o:p>
Therefore with lovin=
gkindness
I have drawn you. The Hebrew word here
means with goodness, kindness, faithfulness
The love of God is immutable, irrevocable=
and
indestructible
God’s love is not like man’s love.
We do nothing to compel His love a=
nd
can do nothing to change His love
Malachi 3:6
"For I am the LORD, I do not change; Theref=
ore
you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.(NKJV)
The immutability of God’s lo=
ve
to us in Christ is of absolute certainty
Sometimes we reserve our love response---our
openness based on our experience with other people.
Receiving the fullness of God’s love=
allow us to open ourselves to others
Hosea 14:4
"I will heal their backsliding, I will love
them freely, For My anger has turned away from him.(NKJV)
1
John 4:10
In
this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son =
to
be the propitiation for our sins. (NKJV)
Love in action or deed is greater than expressed
love,
God wasn’t buying our love, =
but
paying our debt and drawing us back into relationship with Himself.
His love was illustrated first and we resp=
ond
to His love
Psalm 116:1-2
I love the LORD, because He has heard My voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined=
His
ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.(NKJV)
Yet many people guard their love response<=
/u>
based on their feeling of vulnerability.
The more I yield to the love of God
the greater my love response in worship
The more I take off the robes or self-righ=
teousness
the more I can experience Him.
The less guarded I can become to the flow of love
that comes from Him the more I can trust Him
John 14:21
He who has My command=
ments
and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me
will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to
him."(NKJV)
The coat of self-will has to come =
off
The coat of self-reliance has to c=
ome
off
The coats of guilt and condemnation
have to come off.
The coat of pride has to come off,=
The coat of distrust has to come o=
ff/
I can’t experience the fullness of His love
until I come totally exposed
Continually receiving a revelation of His love
Ephesians 3:17-19
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through fai=
th;
that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with=
all
the saints what is the width and length and depth and height-- to know the =
love
of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fulln=
ess
of God.(NKJV)
We are rooted and grounded in love in Christ Him=
self
Ephesians 3:19
[That you may really come] to know [practically,
through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses =
mere
knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your be=
ing]
unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine
Presence, that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the full=
ness
of God]!(AMP)
There is a continual experience of the love of
Christ
=
which far surpasses mere
knowledge [without experience]
This is not just head knowledge but also somethi=
ng
to be experienced on a continual basis
Saturated and consumed by God’s love----but
depending on our openness
This is the only way to have victory in yo=
ur
life
We are obedient out of our love for God.<= o:p>
We study and read the word because=
we
love Him and want to know more about Him.
We continue our relationship with God because of=
the
continual flow of love experienced from Him.
We are faithful in a marriage just because we ar=
e afraid
of divorce
We are faithful because of the love
that we receive and the love that we have
Should we ask for a continual revelation of His
love-------absolutely
Remember the more openness we have the mo=
re
we experience.
The more we experience the more love we a=
re
able to return.
The more successful we are in our Christi=
an
life.
Have you ever wondered what happens when we sens=
e a
strong presence of God?
--------------------That’s God lovin=
g on
us-------------------------
When God pours out His presence He is pour=
ing
out His love.
Everything that God does for us is out of His lo=
ve
for us.
Romans 5:5
Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of
God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to u=
s.
(NKJV)
God’s heart is to pour love into our heart=
s on
a continual basis
The word of declares that
God is light ---<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> I John 1:5
God is Holy ---P=
salm
99:9
God is Love ---- I John 4:8
God is a consuming fire
Not necessarily that these are attributes of God=
but
His essential essence.
Can you see that through coats of restrict=
ion
we limit the inflow of love?
Where there is a continual inflow of His l=
ove,
His presence----there is continual change in us
Through our openness and willingness to return that love we open the doorway to greater revelations of His love<= o:p>
Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone
hears My voice and opens the door, I will come i=
n to
him and dine with him, and he with Me. (NKJV)
Certainly this refers to salvation but every day=
of
our lives
Determine to identify the coats of restriction
Lay them at the altar----come and pour out
your love to Him.