Amazing Love John 17:23, 24 No Favorites Being Present With God

Amazing Love John 17:23, 24 No Favorites What is the scope of the Father s love for His one and only Son, Jesus? The Father s love for His Son is infinite without limits! The Father s love for His Son is eternal without end Malachi 3:6, Romans 8:29, Romans 8:38-39!

God s love for us will not cease because of changes in us! Malachi 3:6 (NASB) 6 For I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

The change is not our conformity to sin but our conformity to the image of His Son! Romans 8:29 (NASB) 29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;

The consequence of this conformity is that nothing can separate us from God s love! Romans 8:38-39 (NASB) 38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The consequence of a perfect love is a perfect outlook, God s perspective in this life! Romans 8:28 (NASB) 28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

Amazing Love John 17:23, 24 No Favorites Does God really love us like He loves His one and only Son? Of course He does! The proof of this is Calvary! It was a gift John 3:16.

A Gift John 3:16 (NASB) 16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

A Proven Gift Galatians 2:20 (NASB) 20 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me

Amazing Love John 17:23, 24 No Favorites Does God really love us like He loves His one and only Son? Of course He does! The proof of this is Calvary! It was a gift John 3:16. It was a proven gift Galatians 2:20. It was a permanent, proven gift 1 John 4:10.

A Permanent, Proven Gift 1 John 4:10 (NASB) 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.

A Perfect, Permanent, Proven Gift Romans 5:8 (NASB) 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Amazing Love John 17:23, 24 No Favorites What are the consequences of this love? This love gives us great security 1 John 4:17-18!

1 John 4:17-18 (NASB) 17 By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.

Romans 8:1 (NASB) 8 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Amazing Love John 17:23, 24 No Favorites What are the consequences of this love? This love gives us great security 1 John 4:17-18! We no longer face condemnation just as Jesus faces no condemnation Romans 8:1! We are free from guilt and shame and free to the security of a loving God! This is not just a future freedom but a freedom of the here and now! This love allows us to love others as God does!

Amazing Love John 17:23, 24 Being Present With God Physical death for a believer is not a tragedy but a triumph. Paul showed a willingness for this 2 Cor. 5:8. Paul called it gain Philippians 1:21. This even created indecision for Paul Philippians 1:23. Paul said nothing could separate us from this triumphant love Romans 8:35-39. Job spoke of this in confidence Job 19:25-27.

Job 19:25-27 (NASB) 25 As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth. 26 Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God; 27 Whom I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes will see and not another. My heart faints within me!

Being Present With God Jesus is so confident of where He will again be that He speaks in the present. Jesus is there now! Amazing Love John 17:23, 24 Jesus also says that this is where He desires for us to be. This is the promise and the glory that should fill our hearts and minds.

Amazing Love John 17:23, 24 Being Present With God Not only will we be with Jesus but we will also be like Jesus! We will be like Him in character 1 John 3:2.

1 John 3:2 (NASB) 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.

2 Corinthians 4:15-18 - 5:1-4 (NASB) 15 For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God. 16 Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.

17 For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

2 Corinthians 5:1-4 (NASB) 1 For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven,

3 inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked. 4 For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life.

Amazing Love John 17:23, 24 Being Present With God Not only will we be with Jesus but we will also be like Jesus! We will be like Him in character 1 John 3:2. We will be like Him in body 2 Cor. 4:15-5:4. We should be like Jesus NOW! For our purifying 1 John 3:2-3

1 John 3:2-3 (NASB) 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

Amazing Love John 17:23, 24 Application Have you personally experienced God s Amazing Love for you? Do you love others as God loves you? Are you being like Jesus now so others may see the Kingdom? Do you live in light of eternity?