Unchanging - God's Love Is Unchanging: Receive It, Give It - Peter Tanchi

you know I was looking at Google for the word love and I was shocked at the results do you know that the most asked question this year the most asked question this year in Google is what is love are you aware of that what is love it ranks second to the other question what is science people are caring they care about what is loved so I look at a dictionary I look at the Webster's dictionary I look at the Oxford Dictionary and I discovered almost all their definitions is about deep emotional feelings that is the understanding of love the only problem with that definition it is not the right definition how many of you have heard of that song you want me to sing to you when I fall in it will be for ever remember that song how many of you know that song raise your hand and I know how old you are because that song has some words that are a bit sad for example it talks about I'll never fall in love in a restless world like this is love is ended before it's begun that's sad and then it talks about in too many moonlight pieces seem to cool in the warmth of the Sun when I give my heart it will be completely you know the truth is we all desire that we all want to be loved but the question is what is true love would you believe it the Bible tells us what true love is are you ready for what true love is all right everybody this is the prayer of the Apostle Paul and that's my prayer for all of us what is true love everybody let's be together together the prayer of the Apostle Paul for his people together that you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth length height and depth and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God notice his prayer requests he's not praying that they become prosperous nothing wrong with that he is not praying that you'll be healthy nothing wrong with that he is not praying that you change your circumstances he's not praying for that Paul was in jail when he wrote this letter what was he praying for that you will be able to comprehend you'll be able to comprehend means to understand the full meaning of the breath length height depth to know the love of Christ friends the love of Christ is something so deep so high that my prayer is you will grow and you will understand the love of Christ the love of God why is it so important let me tell you why it is important because if you analyze the root problem of humanity the root problem it's about love many years ago somebody asked Jesus what is the greatest commandment beautiful they asked Jesus what is the greatest commandment what did Jesus say jesus said the greatest commandment is love God with all your heart soul and mind and strength and love one another for this is the law and the prophets do you recall that commandment can I tell you why that is so crucial then discover today the world the greatest problem in America is called depression one out of eight people in America are depressed so they take drugs they go see a psychiatrist and the psychiatrist will say well you have chemical imbalance so they give you drugs hopefully to help you overcome the depression except there's a problem the rate of depression is going up the rate of suicide is going up apparently the solution is not working and then they discovered from a research not Christian bishops the real problem in America today is lost connection there is no relationship you see many years ago if you live in America and yep a problem you can call at least five friends who can be there to help you today among young people and a lot of Americans zero when you're depressed you don't even know whom to call you don't even know who will be beside you with all of this technology we become more distant with each other because we don't know the idea in the meaning of love in I discovered just as you and I have physical needs what are the physical needs of men tell me what are your physical needs let me tell you your physical needs food yes water sleep without this will it be okay no just as there are physical needs you have spiritual needs and that's the problem what are our spiritual needs let me tell you you and I were created by God for love you are made for love you are made for relationship and without discovering that true love you will never live up to God's design and I praise God how he invented the church the church is founded on Christ in that church you have a small group that's what we have been talking about are you part of a community are you part of a small group where you can learn to love and experience love God is love are you aware of that if you want to learn love let me share with you one more verse everybody let's read this together beloved let us love one another for love is from God and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God the one who does not love does not know God for god is love there's a problem the Bible says love one another for love is from God my thesis is this until you know God until you experience his love you really cannot love each other the way God wants us to love what's my proof very simple when boys and girls try to define love as feeling and you try to love each other if you know what dictionary you will talk about sex it talks about feelings is that really love you know I remember this teenager telling his father dad I have discovered what is love the father says what is love I think love is something like this when you kiss a girl and the dog bites you and you don't feel the bite that is love is that love no because love is deeper than feeling now let me explain to you this verse the Bible says love is from God and everyone who is born of God knows God the one who does not love does not know God in other words how do you know you belong to Jesus very simple do you love the way God wants us to learn do you remember the greatest commandment I asked you a while ago what is the greatest commandment love God with all your heart soul mind in strength and the second is like it love love one another can I tell you the context of that verse the context of that question was the Jewish people have religion they are so religious they have 613 commandments 365 Commandments thou shalt not thou shalt not 264 - art thou shalt thou shalt you combine all of the 614 Commandments no wonder my Jewish friend told me I can never make God happy I have so many Commandments but Jesus made it simple only two Commandments what's the first one love God with all your hearts for mine instead what's number two love each other now let me prove to you why this is so important the root of all sin if you ask me the root of all sin is failure to love God and failure to love each other let's have an experiment give me the name of a sin tell me what sin and I will tell you it is because you fail to love one another and you fail to love God think about it let's talk about premarital sex if you love somebody like your sister will you have premarital sex just imagine here is your girlfriend if you really love her you will treat her with respect yes or no so premarital sex it's not about true love it's selfishness let's talk about lying if you love somebody will you lie yes or no let's talk about slander gossip if you love somebody will you slander no let's talk about stealing if you love somebody will you steal so I submit to you the root problem is failure to love what is the first commandment love God what does it mean to love God you cannot learn to love God until you understand his love why is this so important let me tell you why love is so crucial many people especially in this country we have religion but no relationship that's what this verse is saying this person is saying everyone who loves is born of God the evidence of somebody who is born again of the Spirit born of God is true love and knows God the world knows is from the word intimacy you have an encounter with God the one who does not love does not know God for love for God is love now what does that mean God is love love is not God God is love there's a big difference the very nature of God is love love is not God love is the very nature in the Bible it talks about the three nature of God number one God is spirit God is not a spirit God is spirit that's why I can be all over the place you cannot see him that's when we worship God here you don't see any state you you don't see any symbols because God is spirit number two the Bible says God is light meaning there's no darkness in him he will never lie to you he will never cheat to you and thirdly God is love now if you focus on God is love you must not neglect the other attributes of God God is holy his love is holy God is faithful his love is faithful God is righteous the God is just do not just focus on love without connecting all the other attributes of God God is unchanging and therefore the fact that God does not changed his purpose does not change his word does not change God's love is changing understand I want to share with you this important topic especially Valentine is coming everybody how do you love people the Bible is very clear please read we love because He first loved us so you will not learn to love until you experience his love God's love and human are completely different what do I mean for example the Bible says you shall not commit adultery you shall not murder you shall not steal you shall not covet if there is any other commandment it is sum up in this saying everybody you shall love your neighbor as yourself so I submit to you she she Evers those who belong to Jesus do not complicate Christianity love God and love one another how do you love one another I'm gonna give you a hint look at the next verse here's the hint love does no wrong to a neighbor therefore love is the fulfillment of the law I want you to ask yourself before you do anything from now on you ask yourself is this gonna be something I'm gonna do out of love your wife your family your children your officemate ask yourself is this love now then you will tell me Peter what is the meaning of love alright I really are you ready to understand the meaning of love I'm gonna share with you what is the love of God and hopefully we will learn how to love others everybody what's the title today when I see you in Megamall next week I'm gonna ask you what is our message today and what's your answer God's unchanging love receive it give it but first let's talk about his love what is love are you ready alright what is love as I look at the entire Bible notice there's one chapter that describes the definition of love John chapter 13 let's discuss this together everybody John 13:34 35 together a new commandment I give you you love one another even as I have loved you that you also love one another by this all men will know you are my disciples if you have love for one another now notice the following observations God's love number one is based on an unconditional commitment why do I say unconditional commitment a new commandment I gave you why is this a new commandment because this commandment is new based on how we are to love the standards is Christ himself he says a new commandment I give you you love one another as I have loved you so what is new is the definition of love and how to love love others as I have loved you so what is love number one love say that with me an unconditional commitment together what is love and conditional commitment why do I say it is unconditional and why do I say it is a commitment very simple notice first observation is a commandment you cannot legislate feeling you cannot command emotions love transcends emotions I am NOT saying feelings is wrong but love is more than feelings it is a choice it's a commitment to let you understand this let me give you an example how many of you are parents raise your hands parents higher parents you understand what love is let me give you example I have five wonderful children and have 18 grandchildren love transcends feelings because there are days when you wake up and you don't feel like loving your own family members yes or no there are days when you wake up those of you who are married raise your hand on a merit raise your hands higher don't put them down higher now your Misawa no higher higher I'm talking to all of you now there are days when you wake up and you don't feel like loving your husband or your wife yes or no therefore love cannot be based on feelings and that is the biggest deception of Satan you don't feel loving anymore you divorce I don't I don't love you anymore love is never ever dependent on feelings it is a choice it's a commitment what is love and unconditional commitment you know when I visit my daughter in the States she has three she now has four wonderful children in the States she has no is no herself and when the baby cries at midnight to adore clock two o clock four o clock in the morning I told my wife honey it is not our baby let us not try to get up because my love is selfish understand and I will observe I will observe what my daughter will do guaranteed even if she does not feel like getting up even if she is sick my son-in-law or my daughter one of them will get up and go to the room and take care of the baby because true love is not a feeling it transcends feeling true love is number one and conditional commitment number two it is directed towards imperfect people say that with me imperfect people to love somebody perfect is another problem to love somebody imperfect that is the challenge what do I mean do you notice it's easy to love strangers the hardest people to love are those who are staying with you in the house think about it you see them you live with them and they're the hardest people to know but God is saying what is true love unconditional commitment towards what imperfect people can you tell to your neighbors tell your neighbor you are imperfect but I love you look at your neighbor in the eyes tell your neighbor I am not perfect do you love me and then your neighbour will keep quiet but I love myself oh I'm oh my goodness is gonna be a problem look at this verse everybody a new commandment I give to you you love one another who is this one another you also love one another who is this one another by this all men will know you are my disciples if you have love for one another who is this one another let me give you the context of the story you have Judas this is the Last Supper when Jesus was his disciples Judas was there Jesus knew Judas would betray him yet he loved Judas he was the feet of Judas who else was there one another you had Peter did Jesus know Peter will deny him yes he loved Peter you have James and John the sons of thunder meaning their bad temper one day Jesus was going to a town preaching the gospel and the people did not welcome Jesus you know what James and John and the sons of thunder you know what they said Lord I'm gonna pray let us send fire from heaven in Tagalog we Paulina bin Laden let's kill all of them what did Jesus say no no no no you see these are imperfect people and yet Jesus loved them I love you you must love one another so what are you learning about true love this is what you need to learn about true love number one true love is unconditional commitment towards imperfect people now to let you understand the power of God's love look at me now you need to adjust your mindset God's love and your love is different I'm talking about how God loves you God is saying I'd love you not because you deserve it I'm committed to you God's love is an unconditional commitment towards what imperfect people you'd not because you deserve it not because you earn it the best example of this is in the Old Testament let me share with you the book of Isaiah how many of you have read the book of Isaiah raise your hand higher the book of Isaiah is the only prophetic book given by a prophet from the northern part of Israel and it was recorded the prophet Isaiah for Zahra was given a message by God to give a picture of how much he loved his people and God is telling us you need to understand my love it is not exactly like the way you loved the way I love is God's love is unsurfaced all right let's find out what is the meaning of gosselin when the Lord first spoke through Isaiah the word Hosea comes from the Greek word from the Hebrew word Joshua means Savior the same word for Jesus Savior so Hosea means what Savior deliverer look at this parallelism the Lord said to Hosea go take for yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry for the land from its fragrant harlotry forsaking the Lord I want you now to imagine you are Hosea you are the man and God is telling you I want you to marry a girl who is a prostitute whose background is prostitution and she will continue to be a prostitute I don't know about you guys whether you will really love somebody who is totally undeserving and God is saying my people Israel is exactly like a prostitute God is saying I save you out of Egypt I rescued you from slavery and I married you in Mount Sinai in Mount Sinai God gave them a proposition if you will follow me follow my Ten Commandments I will be your God and they all agreed it's like a marriage ceremony so God got his people out of Egypt who were slaves he brought them to Mount Sinai they have an understanding you will now be my I'll be your God you be my people and God provided for them food clothing everything and the Bible tells us even though they knew God they turned away from God breaking the heart of God so God now tells this prophet you go a girl of harlotry how do you pronounce the word w8 or re the basically this girl is a and God tells her Seiya you love this girl you marry her and you know guess what happened the Bible tells us gentlemen I want you to put yourself in the shoes of a sailor so you will understand the love of God many times we don't fully understand Islam he went and took Gomer the daughter of Dublin and she conceived and bore him a son notice the name of the wife is Gomer the daughter of Dibley the word diplom comes from the word what it's a symbolic of total sensuality the father was not exactly the most righteous man like father like daughter total immorality total sensuality and the Bible tells us of the married governor and marrying her they had three children the example the first child is named Esther the Lord said to him name him Jesus for yet a little while I will punish the house of j-hook for the bloodshed of gestures and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel the three children of Hosea is a prophetic symbol of what God will do it Israel God is say I love you you have not loved me this is what's gonna happen to you so these are the names of his three children if you read the book of Isaiah the first one is just real I will scatter you the second one is a daughter lo-ruhamah not obtain compassion meaning if you do not follow me you don't follow my world how can you experience my compassion and God does this prophet your third son lo a me not my people you know why scholars tell us the last two children may not even be the children of Isaiah because he was a prostitute in other world it was a very very bad situation thing about this it's one thing to be a prostitute it's another thing after getting married to go about the prostitution that's exactly what happened and then God told Isaiah Isaiah go back to your wife the Lord said to me go again not this go again that my friend is the love of God again and again and again love a woman who is loved by her husband but an adulteress even as the Lord loves the sons of Israel though they turn to other gods and love racing cakes racing cakes means totally useless no nutrition God is saying I love you you are not only not perfect you are imperfect you are not only a imperfect you are undeserving you are undesirable and yet gotta say that is how much I love you my friend you and I had no idea of the magnitude of Gosselin and you have no idea of the magnitude of our sinfulness once you begin to understand that God loves you not because you deserve it but simply because God is you will not find security and that's why many of us have a problem you have not understood nor experienced the love of God let me tell you the love of the world the love of the world is something like this you love me I love you you be nice I love you that's what we do with our children we tell our shooter you know if you obey me I will love you if you do good I will love you it's all based on performance but the Bible the gospel of Jesus is completely different you don't deserve it I love you you don't love me I love you such is the love of God and God is saying Isaiah you go to these people so that they will know how much I love you so you know what I say I did Hosea I bought her for myself for 15 shekels of silver and the armor and half barley he paid a price to get his wife back how much 15 shekels of silver of silver plus an Omer is 10 shekels half an Omer is 5 Shakers so 10 plus 5 15 15 seconds plus 15 checkers how much did he pay for his wife thirty pieces of silver what does that remind you of how much was Jesus betrayed thirty pieces of silver you know that's what we do with Jesus he will not know and understand the love of God until you realize he loves you unconditionally he's committed to you not because you deserve it but simply because love is a choice he loves you not because he needs you let me repeat God does not need us God did not make you because he was very lonely the Bible tells us in the beginning God the Father God the Son God the Holy Spirit they live in perfect unity there was perfect love relationship and God the Father God the Son God the Holy Spirit let me repeat God does not need you yet he loves you how do you respond to such love the Bible tells us what happened to Isaiah you not to show you God's love the Bible tells us God spoke through there if you read the entire book of Isaiah that's the theme the theme is very simple God loves Israel Israel is totally unfaithful spiritual adultery is worshiping other gods so God is saying you know Israel I love you so much you're committing spiritual adultery spiritual idolatry I still love you that's how we are the truth is let me ask you a question do you love God see God is saying I love you anything you take number one in your life you make number one in your life that becomes your God you know what God did God told Isaiah to tell the people of Israel how can I give you up Oh Ephraim you want to see the heart of God how can I surrender you all Israel how can I make you like admin admin is in Sodom and Gomorrah how can I treat you like sebou him this is part of Sodom and Gomorrah how can I give you up like Sodom and Gomorrah my heart is turned over within me in Tagalog impossible it's like I love you so much I'm in pain I really loved you all my Compassion's are kindled he's saying hey is well I love you why are you running away from me do you know the last chapter of the browser what is the heart of God this is the heart of God return or Israel to the Lord your God you have stumbled because of your sin iniquity take words with you and return to the Lord and say to him take away all iniquity and receive as graciously you know the heart of God return come back to me and that my friend is the meaning of God's love number one unconditional commitment number two is towards what imperfect people like Gomer like Israel God loves you and number three true love is to seek their highest good what do we mean to seek the highest good everybody what is God's love he taught the disciples love one another as I have loved view to love somebody is to seek their highest good let me give you a three story years ago when she she was beginning a father invited me to visit their family they were living in mockery the father said had a son my son is a drug addict can you hurt him I said okay so I went to visit the son with the father and I talked to the son privately I said where do you live he said I live in my body what is your job I don't have a job you live in a condo and you don't have a job where do you get money to buy drugs he look at me my father gives me money and it dawned upon me the father loved the son but the father does not know how to love the son he was spoiling the son he was just giving him that's called sentimentalism but God will not love us that way because God's love is holy it is to seek our highest good say that with me to seek their highest good our highest good many times will include pain it will include discipline let me give you an example let's look at this verse everybody whom the Lord loves he disciplines and he scourges every son whom he received so love and discipline is not contradictory God loves you and he wants your highest good and your highest good may involve what pain but women let's read this God deals with you as with sons what son is there whom his father does not discipline but if you are without discipline then you are illegitimate children and not sons God is saying if you are my child I guarantee you anything I love you and you don't shape up I will discipline you I recently heard the story of a grade six student when he graduated the school told the mother your son will not receive a medal even though holistically he is very good why because of his behavior he will not receive a medal the mother loved the son but does not know how to love the Sun so the mother filed a case in the Department of Education against the school forcing the school to give that son of his the son of hers a medal during graduation but the school was firm we cannot do that and you know what the mother did I don't know where she went I think she went to Divisoria because she bought a medal she bought a medal and on that graduation day she put the medal she went to her son and put the medal on the son what do you think was she was she doing do you think the Sun will learn that in life academic grade is one thing but character is another thing by the way this mother they're not from CCM ok so don't don't don't in CCA if they finish this yet we would have taught her a lesson how to love am I correct many times you love people you don't know how to learn the way to love people you see how God loves us how how did God love us number one unconditional commitment together unconditional commitment towards imperfect people say that with me towards imperfect people if you want to remind your neighbour tell your neighbor you're imperfect but I love you repeat your imperfect I love you to seek their highest good which often times require sacrifice one of my friend is a pastor missionary he travels all over the world to talk about family he thought he shared with us six years ago he discovered he does not know to love his wife our chef here is a guy traveling all over the world teaching people about family and he said you know what I've learned I don't have to love my wife I said what do you mean he said I discovered the way I love my wife is very selfish so what do you mean he said when I correct my wife I discovered it's always for me I want my wife to change to benefit me I'm killed that day I learned that love is for the benefit of the others to seek their highest good what is the highest goal of my wife to be christ-like so he said it changed my interaction with my wife when my wife does something to irritate me before I react I must ask myself will what I say will what I do now cut her to become more christ-like or is it just for me because I'm irritated let me give example there are times you know my wife is almost perfect now my wife gives me permission to talk about her minor imperfections would you like to know some of her imperfection would you like to know all right let's keep it a secret even though the world will know it's soon for example her witness is like my witness my wife and I including myself have a tendency to forget where we put our cell phone you have that problem sometimes she will ask me okay we're about to liberate we're about to liberate you say honey where is my cellphone now I would cut myself how in the world will I know where your cell phone do you understand what I'm saying now my wife taught me something see I said honey I was about to give her a lot lecture now she's faster in giving me a lecture she said it's a small stuff this don't be irritated about small things like cell phone you know I thought about it it's a small stuff cell phone so what if she cannot find her cell phone so now if she asked me well is my cell phone our say aha like this morning I told her I know where it is americani did I show you her cell phone are you impressed you know why gentlemen we are commanded to love our wife for her highest good and as of now her highest goal is not for me to give her a lecture the highest goal is to find a you understand do you know why God disciplines us what our highest good our highest good is holiness they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them but God disciplines us for our good notice always for our good because God's love is always unselfish so that we may share his holiness so what is true love well true love let's repeat what is true love what is God's love and unconditional commitment towards imperfect people to seek their highest good which may require what which may require sacrifice how did God love us look at his sacrifice let's read this together God demonstrates his own toward us while we were yet sinners Christ died for us everybody look at the grammar God demonstrates action love is also action world not just talking action world God demonstrates his own love not human love his love toward us who is this us sinners not just in perfect people and deserve people that's what he did with us he showed us one thing that while we were yet louder while we were still sinners what did Christ do for us he will not know the Old Testament until you go to the New Testament Hosea is a picture of Christ how He loves us his purpose is for our highest good what our highest good to be like His Son Jesus and what did Christ do for us 2,000 years ago He gave His life for you and for me my friend you will never earn God's love God died for you not because you deserve it He gave His life to pay for your sins not because you earn it you will never earn it because God's love is unconditional commitment towards imperfect people to seek their highest goal which often times require what sacrifice you know this became very clear in my life when my sister years ago was having a baby and the doctor told my sister my sister lives in Singapore and the doctor said your baby will be a Down syndrome we need to abort her but my sister is a follower of Jesus she told the doctor we will never abort our baby and then the doctor said you know what's going to happen you need to spend the rest of your life taking care of that Down syndrome baby because a Down syndrome baby they need special care and my sister had a fantastic job while she was married to a neurosurgeon she was the general manager of one of the largest department store in singer her title was general manager she travels all over the world fantastic salary but she knew should this baby come out I'm going to quit my job she quit her job I asked her sister what are you learning and in tears she said I learned that God loves me that God loves us I will never understand the love of God until I became a mother by Down syndrome folks God gives us families to show us how much he loves us let me prove to you when the baby is one year or two years old what can they contribute to the family think about it I'm an expert I'm 18 grandchildren can I tell you what they contribute the first few years of their lives number one they contribute put number two we we in short it's all hard work they are messy they contribute mess they vomit everything and what do mothers do you clean up and yet you love your child why do you love your child because God gave us family so that you will always understand his love for us undeserving and you know what happened to my nephew would you believe this my nephew listens to CCF every week so I won't be surprised if he's listening to us now he loves the Lord he sings he's down syndrome but can I tell you something what happened to him last year he warned the para-olympic in LA there's an Olympic worldwide for Down syndrome for you know disabled kids so that's my nephew my nephew is the poster boy in Singapore when it comes to swimming because my sister's sacrifice paid off champion he's got an amazing my friend God tells us for his true love you know what is true love let's review one more time amazing verse john 13:34 35 a new commandment I give you unconditional commitment it's a commandment that you love one another who is this one another imperfect people even as I have loved you to seek their highest good that's how Jesus loved us as I've loved you so that everybody read that you also love one another world love each other how I see love us by this all men will know you are my disciples if you have love for one another you know what this verse is saying the greatest testimony you can give to honor God is to love each other when you love one another the Bible says by this all men will know you are my disciples you give glory to God if you love one another my friend that to me is the problem of many Christians today we don't really love each other we fight we gossip we complain CCF my prayers will be different our core value is love one another amen love God love each other so complete definition of true love what is true love together complete everybody true love the love of God is something like this now how we are to love each other everybody together and unconditional commitment towards imperfect people to seek their highest good which may require sacrifice resulting in God's glory so how do you love people may I suggest start with your family if you read my book on how to love your family how to influence your family one of the principles I gave is how do you build a love relationship I put it a CT a affirm them fathers I want you to affirm your children don't always correct them appreciate them be available see communicate the best way to communicate is to listen to your children what is t AC T T's time spend time I'm asking our parents or Father's love your own family how do you do it affirm them I appreciate them look at me you need to purposely affirm appreciate your own family members when was the last time you told your daddy you told your children I love you I really appreciate you when was the last time words are powerful I'm reminded of the story of a man who learned what true love is so he applied this in his company when he went with company he went to his stuff and he went to one of his stuff is that you know what I like you to know you've been working here for years I want you to know I appreciate you you're a good worker simple affirmation the next day the employee gave him a gift xbox man do you know as Xbox maybe add at this point it's no longer famous but years ago Xbox you know where you play computer games Xbox and the boss said why are you giving me this Xbox sir I sold my gun for an Xbox to let you know I appreciate you he said you sold your gun you mean you sold your gun in exchange for an Xbox yes what's the story of the gun you don't know this months ago I bought a gun I wanted to kill myself so I go through a retool when I go home I eat new them and then I go through meditation yeah I get my gun after one month I was able to put a gun in my mouth but every night I go to a retailer I eat ramen I sit down and meditate and then I put a gun finally I am able to put a bullet in the gun but yesterday you talked to me you made me feel important so when I was can like do this thing again with my gun I said what in the world am i doing I sold my gun sir and I bought you an attender xbox love is powerful the world is looking for love but not the love of the world the love of the world is self-centered what I can get Godzilla is giving to sick your heart is good and how do you apply this the Bible tells us love your enemies yes or no now let me ask you is there anybody in your life today that you cannot love well let me tell you the story of this couple loving your enemies this couple Richard and Sabina worm Brandt is a pastor from Romania he was Jewish the wife was Jewish they loved the Lord but during the second world war if you understand what happened to Romania what happened to Berlin what happened to Eastern Europe remember what happened Holocaust there was this soldier bragging how he would kill the juice how he put them in concentration camp when this guy met the soldier he invited the soldier to visit him in the house the soldier agreed because the soldier thought he was a German pastor because his family name is Richard rum breath not knowing he was Jewish so when the soldier went to his house he was very nice to the soldier he said I want you to listen for 10 minutes do not react don't say anything I want to do an experiment with you and he began to tell his story I am a Jew my father my mother my loved one they all died in the concentration camp my wife who is sick today he said you she lost her parents she lost her sisters and you were probably the murderer but I want to guarantee you one thing when I bring you to the room and introduce you to her she will treat you with honor as an honored guest because she's a Christian she will serve you the guide began to shake like I began to realize here these are two Jews and they're nice to me with a little bit based on that experiment when the guy went to the room exactly as what the husband said his wife stood up fixed coffee treated him with respect and He gave His life to Jesus you know why he said if you guys can love me like this how much more can God forgive me and love me and that wife had this German soldier they hug each other they both were crying my friend the power of the world has to know and to see you got to receive it and you got to give it but you cannot give it until you receive it now how do you give it I want to share with you a true story as we close how the end have you heard of the National Football League the championship team the Eagles the most Christian team in America can I share with you how they love God because God tells us if you love him you will show this love yes or no no listen to me you got to give this love so you got to do this at home in your workplace in your family how do you show love I'm gonna give you an example let's finish with the video [Music] I can only give the praise to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for giving me this opportunity I'm in glory to God first and foremost we wouldn't be here without him unbelievable all glory to God [Music] separate journeys led them to the NFL and the Philadelphia Eagles they sought an outlet to come together and created a way to share their faith chapel for us here but an NFL since our Sunday isn't taking it you can't go to church so yeah the opportunity to attend Chapel which is like a small church service we're able to get our word in every Monday night we have a couple's Bible study we have a Thursday night team Bible study and then Saturday nights we actually get together the night before a game and just kind of pray talk through the word what guys have been reading what they're struggling with and just kind of keep it real with each other to have that here in an NFL facility like this it's really special how important is it for you to use your platform before if I got a - use our number one goal on this earth is to make disciples that's the only job that we are pretty much we want to do so faith in football this Sunday's hue is just a platform that we have to draw people to the word to Jesus something that we don't take for granted by any means it's obviously responsibility but we love it a major thing I found out is they're regular people how much money to give them okay how much Fame a person has if they don't know who they are inside it really doesn't matter really what I preach to the players is that football is a platform it's not your purpose [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] faithful onand Jesus is what leads to salvation and then the works come out of your salvation see Christianity is the only religion in the world where you can't earn right standing with God you can't earn heaven you can't earn graft your life you can't earn good karma whatever other religions think it's the only religion in the world you can't earn it because it's already been earned Jesus already earned it it's all about accepting Jesus and that's it don't miss that point I'll miss that point you can earn it you don't deserve it God's love is an earned and that's how we are to love one another more than 40 years ago for my eldest son was two years old for the first time in his life my son who has two years old then went to the garden and pick a flower and for the first time in his life my son told my wife mommy I love you mommy I love you because my son never ever said I love you until he was two years old many times you never even had the opportunity to tell God you love him God loves you but does he know you love him she loved is something that money can't buy your love for God must come from you God cannot extract it from you because love is a response and you may ask me how do I love God can I tell you how very simple Jesus tells us if you love me you'll keep my Commandments as simple as that now let me ask you you love Jesus you see most of us do not Center our lives on the reality of God's love today I pray you begin to understand the magnitude of his unconditional love and I'd like you to understand the magnitude of your sinfulness and because of who he is and who we are you humbly accept his love for you and say Lord Jesus today you tell him today I will receive your unconditional love through Jesus you see Jesus died for you and he's nothing he's asking you will you surrender your life to me and you say Lord I will I love you let's bar hands if you would like to receive this love today you have never understood God's love you have never received his love before because you always think you are undeserving the truth is God's love is undeserving yet he loves you and you want to receive his love will you raise your hands I want to pray for you praise God higher today you finally understood that God loves you unconditionally and that you can receive his love through Jesus higher in other words you finally understood I want you to raise your hands higher and then you pray this prayer with me between you and Jesus pray this prayer with me Lord Jesus I receive your unconditional love thank you for dying on the cross I know I don't deserve this I know I will never deserve it but thank you for loving me I now receive your gift of forgiveness I received your gift of eternal life come into my life change my heart and Lord Jesus help me to love others as you love me help me to love the gormers of my life and perhaps Lord I'm a goner I thank you Jesus that you love us and you love me in Jesus name we all pray amen and amen god bless you connect with CCF through the following websites [Music] jumpstart your spiritual journey by joining a small group [Music] we are so blessed you were able to join us today god bless and see you next time [Music]

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Length: 67min 21sec (4041 seconds)

Published: Sun Feb 18 2018