Amazing Love
John 17:23, 24
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Being Present With God
Amazing Love
John 17:23, 24
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What is the scope of the Father’s love for
His one and only Son, Jesus?
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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)
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“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)
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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)
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For I am convinced that neither death, nor
life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things
present, nor things to come, nor powers,
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.
Amazing Love
John 17:23, 24
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What is the scope of the Father’s love for
His one and only Son, Jesus?
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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!
The Father’s love for His Son is perfect –
complete and without fault – Romans 8:28!
The consequence of a perfect love is
a perfect outlook, God’s perspective
in this life!
Romans 8:28 (NASB)
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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
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Does God really love us like He loves His
one and only Son? Of course He does!
 The proof of this is Calvary!
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It was a gift – John 3:16.
A Gift
John 3:16 (NASB)
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“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.
Amazing Love
John 17:23, 24
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Does God really love us like He loves His
one and only Son? Of course He does!
 The proof of this is Calvary!
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It was a gift – John 3:16.
It was a proven gift – Galatians 2:20.
A Proven Gift
Galatians 2:20 (NASB)
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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!
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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)
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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.
Amazing Love
John 17:23, 24
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Does God really love us like He loves His
one and only Son? Of course He does!
 The proof of this is Calvary!
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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.
It was a perfect, permanent, proven gift –
Romans 5:8.
A Perfect, Permanent, Proven Gift
Romans 5:8 (NASB)
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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
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What are the consequences of this love?
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This love gives us great security – 1 John 4:17-18!
1 John 4:17-18 (NASB)
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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.
Amazing Love
John 17:23, 24
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What are the consequences of this love?
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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!
Romans 8:1 (NASB)
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Therefore there is now no
condemnation for those who are in
Christ Jesus.
Amazing Love
John 17:23, 24
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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!
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Amazing Love
John 17:23, 24
Being Present With God
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Physical death for a believer is not a
tragedy but a triumph.
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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)
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“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!
Amazing Love
John 17:23, 24
Being Present With God
Jesus is so confident of where He will
again be that He speaks in the present.
 Jesus is there now!
 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.
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Amazing Love
John 17:23, 24
Being Present With God
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Not only will we be with Jesus but we will
also be like Jesus!
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We will be like Him in character – 1 John 3:2.
1 John 3:2 (NASB)
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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.
Amazing Love
John 17:23, 24
Being Present With God
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Not only will we be with Jesus but we will
also be like Jesus!
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We will be like Him in character – 1 John 3:2.
We will be like Him in body – 2 Cor. 4:15-5:4.
2 Corinthians 4:15-18 - 5:1-4 (NASB)
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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.
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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)
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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,
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inasmuch as we, having put it on, will
not be found naked.
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
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Not only will we be with Jesus but we will
also be like Jesus!
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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!
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For our purifying – 1 John 3:2-3
1 John 3:2-3 (NASB)
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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.
And everyone who has this hope fixed
on Him purifies himself, just as He is
pure.
Amazing Love
John 17:23, 24
Being Present With God
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Not only will we be with Jesus but we will
also be like Jesus!
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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!
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For our purifying – 1 John 3:2-3
For the sake of the Gospel in God’s
Kingdom!
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?