Text : John 3:16
Thesis : The 3 Actions of God's Immeasurable Love
The picture of the cross centers on Jesus. In this message let us find us another angle wherein the picture of the God the Father is being emphasized.
The word love here is soteriological in nature. This is not just a benevolent love of God but this is a saving love.
1) The Act of Sending
Application : Value God's Concern to Make a Way for us to be saved
He sent His Son because we cannot be with Him. Look at the intention of God's heart that He gave the best for us to be saved
2) The Act of Sacrificing
We treasure the sacrifice of the Son on the cross and we must also treasure the sacrifice of the Father looking at His Son full of the things which are abomination to His sight the sins of the people whom He will save.
3) The Act of Saving
Thesis : The 3 Actions of God's Immeasurable Love
The picture of the cross centers on Jesus. In this message let us find us another angle wherein the picture of the God the Father is being emphasized.
The word love here is soteriological in nature. This is not just a benevolent love of God but this is a saving love.
1) The Act of Sending
- God the Father knew that there will be no somebody to be sent to save His people not even angels.
- A man must be a sacrifice but there is no qualified.
- The only way is there must be someone to be a man who will do His will perfectly.
- The conditions must be without sin and will do the will of the God the Father perfectly in heart, mind, and life. It demands perfect obedience.
- Only the Son can be.
- God the Father sent His Son through making this God the Son a man. And he became flesh (John 1:14).
- The Act of sending is about the mission to be accomplished.
- God the Father sends His Son for a mission - Salvation for His glory
Application : Value God's Concern to Make a Way for us to be saved
He sent His Son because we cannot be with Him. Look at the intention of God's heart that He gave the best for us to be saved
2) The Act of Sacrificing
- When God the Father sent His Son, He knew that the Son will be a sacrifice.
- Look at the heart of the Father who sent His Son only to die as a sacrifice.
- Take note, the Father is the one who will make the sacrifice on behalf of His people.
- Isaiah 53:10 - It is His (Father) will to crushed Him (Son).
- Look at the wounded heart of God like Abraham sacrificing his son Isaac
We treasure the sacrifice of the Son on the cross and we must also treasure the sacrifice of the Father looking at His Son full of the things which are abomination to His sight the sins of the people whom He will save.
3) The Act of Saving
- God the Father saved us through His mercy only be found in Jesus whom He sent that made His heart wounded
- There is only one way for man to be saved, it is by showing His mercy in Christ Jesus.
JITACC
8/14/12
