279 - Love is a Sacrifice

How often we forget that love involves sacrifice. God was expressing His love for mankind in creation. We were created in divine love, with the capacity to love. God expects us to love one another with the love He shows towards us. To give up ourselves and let God's love flow forth. To know God is to know His love. We must know God to love others the way He expects. We have to look at the sacrifice of Jesus, Who is the ultimate expression of God's love (John 3:16). In Psalm 107:20, we read "He sent His Word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions." Romans 5:8, "... while we were yet sinners, Christ died for the ungodly." The entire ministry of Jesus Christ is founded on the divine love of God. He made us a "new creation" to correct what had been lost. Jesus humbled Himself and became obedient to the Father, even to the point of going to the cross (Philippians 2:6-9). His sacrifice is our example of sacrificial love. But, we all protest that we're not able to do 100% of what Jesus did. Then do what you can do! The Apostle Paul couldn't do 100% either, but he pressed on towards the goal (Philippians 3:12-14). It all still works the same, because God does not change (Hebrews 13:8). Our sacrificial love is possible only because of God's love being in us. Paul wrote: "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service" (Romans 12:1 NKJV). But how? In this message, I explore how we can show our sacrificial love to the unlovable - just as Jesus does.

Let me hear from you - Charles  

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