We are to walk in the love that Christ loved 1.Christ's love is unconditional *Rom 3,Eph 2,Jeremiah 17:9,Rom 5:8-10 *Come to terms with your own depravity *Understand the work of Christ in your life *He loved us when we were lost *Psalm 51:5/Psalm 58:3/Rom 5:12 *we are blind because our innate depravity *Christ puts life in our dead bodies. Gave you faith 2. Christ's Love is Sacrificial -"..he gave himself up for us" *"While we were still sinners he dies for us" *Christ is not the victim.His death is not a passive act but
an act of submission/determination upon the will of God *2 Cor 8:9,Acts2:23,Luke 23:26-28,Isa53:10,John10:18 3.Christ Love is Substitutionary *The heart is desperately sick in need of healing Isa53:5-6 *No one can heal it *He died taking our sickness/SIN 1Peter 2:24:3:18 * 1 John 3:16 4.Christ Love is voluntary - up to the giver/Willful choice *Agape love is unconditional and sacrificial *It's the love commanded to the husband in Eph 5 *It's love in Titus 2 5.Christ's love is Effectual *It has a purpose/Fragrant aroma to God *Leviticus1 - 5 Burnt, meal, peace and other offerings *the resurrection testifies that sin is paid/peace was made
Application: Let your love to others be a fragrant aroma to God and an example of the Gospel in the very way you conduct your relationships.
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