27th February 2022 - CFC Sunday Church Service | Knowing The Love Of God - Zac Poonen
27th February 2022 - CFC Sunday Church Service | Knowing The Love Of God - Zac Poonen
Summary
The message emphasizes the profound truth that God is love, drawing from 1 John 4:16-19. It stresses the importance of being deeply secured in God's love to protect believers from deception and to grow in faith. The core message is that our understanding of God's love must be rooted in scripture and personal experience of that love.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
Why are we not fully convinced of God's love?The primary reason believers struggle to love God wholeheartedly over worldly things is because they are not fully convinced of His deep, perfect love for them.1 John 4:16–19
The danger of worshiping a false, fear-based godHeathen religions and distorted versions of Christianity present a God to be feared and appeased, causing worshipers to become harsh, unloving, and distant just like the god they picture.
Overcoming fear and the trap of keeping accountsFear of punishment shows a lack of conviction in God's love, leading people to keep strict accounts of wrongs done by others, mirroring a miserly god rather than the generous God of the Bible.
Being saved from the poison of selfishnessThe greatest sin we need salvation from is selfishness, inherited from Adam, which is the exact opposite of God's total, unconditional love.
How marriage and community reveal our selfishnessLiving closely with others in marriage or the church exposes our self-centeredness and serves as a tool to smooth out our rough edges if we choose to follow Jesus.
Love does not seek its ownA defining mark of genuine divine love, as opposed to worldly romantic concepts, is that it never seeks its own benefit but always seeks the good of others.
Loving one another within the body of ChristJesus taught that the true mark of discipleship is not just showing love to outsiders, but how we genuinely love and treat our fellow believers and family members every day.
God gives generously and without scoldingUnlike harsh human figures, God gives to all men generously and without scolding, never holding our past failures or wasted years against us when we turn to Him.James 1:5
Letting go of grudges to reflect God's heartBelievers who keep grudges are worshiping a god of their own imagination; true fellowship comes from knowing a God whose mercies are new every morning and holding no record of wrongs.
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