GOD IS LOVE: FIND YOUR STRENGTH IN HIS LOVE – AND YOU WILL BE ABOVE ONLY ALWAYS! 

Let God’s LOVE in His BLESSEDNESS define you in EVERY WAY in Christ Jesus. I pray you find utmost STRENGTH in God’s LOVE. Amen! 

It’s my earnest PRAYER that. you may KNOW and UNDERSTAND the unlimited, unbiased, unconditional, unsentimental, unprejudiced, undiluted AGAPE LOVE of God that transcends and surpasses the limited human sense-knowledge love.. whose embodiment is hypocrisy, racial bias, inferiority complex and such like. 

And when you find your STRENGTH in God’s LOVE, you will be ABOVE ONLY, ALWAYS, in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“LET LOVE BE WITHOUT HYPOCRISY [SENTIMENTS, DISSIMULATION, PREJUDICE]. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. 10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another” Romans 12:9-10/Emphasis Mine. 

“. . . 17 May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be ROOTED DEEP IN LOVE and FOUNDED SECURELY ON LOVE, 18 That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God’s devoted people, THE EXPERIENCE OF THAT LOVE] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it]; 19 [That you may really come] to KNOW [practically, through experience for yourselves] THE LOVE OF CHRIST, which FAR SURPASSES MERE KNOWLEDGE [without experience]; that you may be FILLED [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]! . . .” Ephesians 3:14-21/Amplified Classic Edition. 

“Beloved, let us [unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, for LOVE is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience]. 8 The one who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for GOD IS LOVE. [He is the originator of love, and it is an enduring attribute of His nature.] 9 By this the love of God was displayed in us, in that God has sent His [One and] only begotten Son [the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind] into the world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation [that is, the atoning sacrifice, and the satisfying offering] for our sins [fulfilling God’s requirement for justice against sin and placating His wrath]. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us [in this incredible way], we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time. But if we love one another [with unselfish concern], God abides in us, and His love [the love that is His essence abides in us and] is completed and perfected in us. 13 By this we know [with confident assurance] that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given to us His [Holy] Spirit. 14 We [who were with Him in person] have seen and testify [as eye-witnesses] that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses and acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him. 17 In this [union and fellowship with Him], love is completed and perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him]; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love [dread does not exist]. But perfect (complete, full-grown) love drives out fear, because fear involves [the expectation of divine] punishment, so the one who is afraid [of God’s judgment] is not perfected in love [has not grown into a sufficient understanding of God’s love]. 19 We love, because He first loved us. 20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates (works against) his [Christian] brother he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should also [unselfishly] love his brother and seek the best for him” 1 John 4:7-21 (Amplified) 

SUMMARY: 
The message is a prayerful declaration and teaching titled GOD IS LOVE: FIND YOUR STRENGTH IN HIS LOVE — AND YOU WILL BE ABOVE ONLY ALWAYS! 

It calls every believer to be defined by God’s Agape Love and to draw their strength from it. The message contrasts God’s unlimited, unbiased, unconditional Love with man’s limited, hypocritical, sentimental, prejudiced “sense-knowledge” love. It teaches that to be rooted and founded in God’s Love is to be established, strengthened, and positioned “ABOVE ONLY, ALWAYS” in Christ Jesus. The Scriptures used confirm that God’s Love is the foundation of identity, power, boldness, and fellowship with Him. 

KEY POINTS 

1. GOD’S LOVE MUST DEFINE US

• “Let God’s LOVE in His BLESSEDNESS define you in EVERY WAY in Christ Jesus.” 

• God is Love. He is the originator of love and it is an enduring attribute of His nature. 1 John 4:8, 16 

• To be defined by His Love is to reflect His nature.

2. THE NATURE OF GOD’S AGAPE LOVE

• It is unlimited, unbiased, unconditional, unsentimental, unprejudiced. 

• It transcends and surpasses limited human sense-knowledge love which is full of hypocrisy, prejudice, sentimentality, racial bias and inferiority complex. Romans 12:9-10 

• “LET LOVE BE WITHOUT HYPOCRISY” Romans 12:9

3. THE POWER AND EFFECT OF FINDING STRENGTH IN GOD’S LOVE

• When you find your strength in God’s Love, you will be ABOVE ONLY, ALWAYS in Christ Jesus. 

• You are rooted deep in Love and founded securely on Love. Ephesians 3:17 

• Perfect Love drives out fear and gives boldness in the day of judgement. 1 John 4:17-18 

• It fills you with “all the fullness of God” and floods your entire being with His divine Presence. Ephesians 3:19

4. LOVE IS PROOF OF NEW BIRTH AND FELLOWSHIP

• Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God through personal experience. 1 John 4:7 

• God demonstrated His Love by sending His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins so that we might live through Him. 1 John 4:9-10 

• If God so loved us, we also ought to love one another with unselfish concern. 1 John 4:11 

• We cannot claim to love God whom we have not seen if we hate our brother whom we have seen. 1 John 4:20

5. THE GOAL: EXPERIENTIAL KNOWLEDGE

• To KNOW and UNDERSTAND the Love of Christ which far surpasses mere knowledge. Ephesians 3:18-19 

• To have power to grasp with all the saints the breadth, length, height and depth of it. 

CALL TO ACTION 

1. BE DEFINED BY GOD’S LOVE 
   Allow God’s Love in His Blessedness to be the standard for your thoughts, words, actions and relationships in Christ Jesus. 
2. FIND YOUR STRENGTH IN HIS LOVE 
   Stop drawing strength from human love, sentiment, or performance. Anchor yourself in God’s Agape Love daily. 
3. KNOW AND EXPERIENCE HIS LOVE PRACTICALLY 
   Pray to be rooted deep, founded securely, and filled with the fullness of God through experiencing His Love. Ephesians 3:17-19 
4. LOVE ONE ANOTHER WITHOUT HYPOCRISY 
   “Beloved, let us love and seek the best for one another” 1 John 4:7 
   Abhor evil, cling to good, and be kindly affectionate with brotherly love. Romans 12:9-10 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI