Jesus loves you Romans chapter 5 verses
8 through 10. but God commendeth his
love towards us in that while we were
yet sinners Christ died for us much more
than being now justified by his blood we
shall be saved from wrath through him
for if when we were enemies we were
reconciled to God by the death of his
son much more being reconciled we shall
be saved by his life
the uniqueness of the love of God is
something which we will never truly
understand
God's Supernatural love is demonstrated
irrespective of Merit this is completely
different to human love human love is
given to those who are lovable however
the love of God loves those who are
unlovable it loves those who are
unlovely it took me a while to learn
that it took me a while to learn that it
took me a while to learn the extent in
which God loves people who I personally
see as enemies
it took me a while to learn the extent
in which God loves people whose Society
will categorize as unlovable
Society deemed so many people as
unlovable for one reason or another yet
God loves those people
human love tends to be swayed by the
person who is the object of the love we
as human beings are inclined to love
people who love us as a result we tend
to attribute this human kind of love to
God we think that his love for us is
dependent on a range of things we think
that his love for us is dependent on how
good we are or on how much we love him
but this human logic does not apply to
God's love
God's love is not based on your
performance
while we were yet sinners Christ died
for us he loved you whilst you hated him
whilst you lived a rebellious life a
life that is against his laws and
commands Christ Jesus died for you
even whilst you were a sinner
Sinners sin
Sinners sin while we were yet sinners
Christ died for us
let's talk about this word sin not just
any sins let us talk about secret sins
what secret sins do you have in your
life
do you have a drug addiction that you
hide from everyone around you
do you have a secret sin that you
constantly commit that you would hate
for your husband or wife to find out
do you have a secret sin that you would
hate for the world to find out
let's move away from Secret sins and go
into the realm of public sins sins that
other people know about we now live in a
culture that openly celebrates and
encourages sinful behaviors and sinful
lifestyles
so you may have lived openly in sin and
even lived a life that celebrates sin
the Bible tells us that while we were
yet sinners Christ died for you
this does not mean that Jesus Christ
condoned your sin or endorses your sin
no he doesn't but the fact remains he
still loves you
when you were out last night doing
things you have no business doing
Jesus Christ still loved you when you
were going to places that you had no
business going to Jesus Christ still
loved you
when you were doing things that you
should not be doing Jesus Christ still
loved you and this is a message of
restoration to someone
allow me to talk about two of the many
reasons why some people run from God
one
group one are believers because they are
believers who have fallen into sin and
because they have fallen into sin they
feel unworthy to approach God so they
avoid God when they try to pray a voice
says to them are you really praying to
God after what you did
do you think you are worthy to even pray
two group two are unbelievers who have
never experienced the new birth and they
are currently living in sin and they do
not feel worthy of approaching God
these are two of the many reasons why
people avoid God
allow me to address these two reasons
God has put Provisions in his word for
us when we sin
allow me to deal with the first group of
believers who have sinned we fall under
this category according to John first
John chapter 1 verses 8 through 9.
if we say that we have no sin we deceive
ourselves and the truth is not in us if
we confess our sins he is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness
we have the road map to get right with
God confess your sin confess to him and
he will forgive you God is not a man
that at the first sin you make he casts
you into the very pits of hell no don't
run from God run to him confess it to
him not anyone else confess it with him
he is the one you need to be right with
now allow me to deal with group two they
think to themselves I need to get my
life right first before coming to God or
going back to God
you need to know that is a Lie from hell
Isaiah chapter 64 verse 6.
but we are all as unclean thing and all
our righteousness are as filthy rags and
we all do Fade as a leaf and our
iniquities like the wind have taken us
away even on your holiest day your
righteousness is as a filthy rag even on
the days you believe to have followed
every command in the Bible your
righteousness this is a filthy rag
before the Lord you will never be worthy
to approach God in your own
righteousness or your own goodness come
as you are come to him today even as you
are struggling in that sin if you're an
alcoholic come if you're an adulterer
come if you are a thief come if you are
a liar come if you are sexually immoral
come come as you are and he will
transform you
and he will transform you he came he
came to die for Sinners Jesus Christ
came for sinners
Luke Chapter 19 Verse 10 for the son of
man came to seek and to save the Lost
this right here tells us why the son of
man came the son of man didn't come to
please the religious crowd the son of
man did not come to please the Pharisees
and the Sadducees
a son of man did not come to save those
who were already righteous in their own
eyes but rather the son of man
the son of man came to save Sinners to
save lost and hopeless sinners
look at the life of the Lord Jesus in
the gospels Jesus seeks those who are
lost from men and women young and old
the dead and the alive the Blind and
powerful and the Forgotten ones to even
those who were demon-possessed and even
if you look at your life you can see how
Jesus has found you heaven will not be
full of Baptists or Pentecostals or
charismatics or lutherans or
non-denominational evangelicals or
Presbyterians or any other denominations
heaven
heaven will be full of old-fashioned
Sinners saved by the grace of God
don't listen to these preachers who
attempt to paint the picture that God
wants to send you to hell he doesn't he
loves you his love does not condone your
sin or mean he approves of your sin or
agrees with your sin no
nevertheless he loves you he loved you
whilst you were in that sin that is the
nature of the love of God
John chapter 15 verse 13 King James
Version
greater love hath no man than this that
a man may lay down his life for his
friends
this is my message for you today
Jesus loves you I am here to tell you
right now that Jesus loves you
you are right I do not know what you're
going through yes you're right I don't
know what your situation looks like yes
you are right you may have sinned
horribly and you feel like there is no
way you can recover or there is no way
God can forgive you I am here to tell
you right now that Jesus loves you while
we were yet sinners Christ died for us
nowhere in scripture are we encouraged
to get ourselves in order first before
we come to Christ no come to him in the
current situation that you are in and he
will change you he will transform he
will change your very nature
look Jesus is not waiting for you to be
perfect before he loves you Jesus is not
looking for a perfect person to show
love if people want to get married they
will say they are looking for the
perfect man or the perfect woman to love
so that they live together forever
look Jesus did not say this he did not
wait to look for perfect people before
he showed love even when we never
understood him when we didn't even love
him when we never accepted him Jesus
showed us love this is what I'm here to
tell you today the road may be rough the
journey may be long the weather may be
harsh the storm may be coming directly
at you but I want you to know that this
is not the end of everything because the
love of Jesus will always be there for
you
Jeremiah chapter 31 verse 3 the Lord
hath appeared of old unto me saying yea
I have loved thee with an Everlasting
Love Therefore with loving kindness I
have drawn thee again I will build thee
and thou shalt be built o Virgin of
Israel that shall again be adorned with
thy tablets and that shall go forth in
the dances of them that make Mary Jesus
is calling you to come to him Matthew
chapter 11 verse 28 come to me all you
who are weary and burdened and I will
give you rest
Psalm 36 verse 7 how Priceless Is Your
unfailing Love o God
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