Romans 5:5-11 How to Be Sure of Gods Love Introduction: As we saw last week , one of the great benefits of justification is reconciliation - a restored relationship with God . When one comes to God through faith in Christ , he no longer relates to us like a holy judge, but as a loving Father who welcomes us into his presence . God wants you to know and youre confident that he loves you. This passage is about how can you be sure of your love . Why is this so important? Because this knowledge of the love of God is the foundation upon which every healthy spiritual growth and maturity all unfold. We have a close analogy in the area of child development. Millions of tax dollars have been confirmed through research, so a ( a) good ( a) father / mother has long known through common sense. Since the failure to grow tackles children deprived of physical care , to increase the incidence of pregnancy outside marriage and divorce for children from broken homes , the connection is clear. Being all things equal , regardless of the intervention of Gods grace , we all know that for a human being to grow into a complete emotional and interpersonal maturity, the stability of a loving and disciplined home is an essential ingredient. The same is true in the spiritual arena. To be sure of the love of their parents is almost essential for the emotional development of a child ... To be sure of the love of God even provides greater bendiciones.Es the greatest secret of joy , peace , freedom , trust and self-respect . this is why Paul prays as he does in Ephesians 3:18,19 (read). Why pray that we can understand the extent of Gods love for us? ... So that you may be filled with all the fullness of God , which is a synonym of spiritual maturity ( see Ephesians 4:13). It is also the most important healing step for those of us who were deprived of a healthy love in our families of origin, or have had to raise our children in households quebrantados.Muchos of us in this room can testify how the fact of being secure the love of God has healed deep wounds substantially mitigated the damage and we pass on to our own children. How can you know that God loves you ? How can you become increasingly confident in his love for you to transform into the person he designed you to be? In Romans 5:5-11 , Paul reveals two avenues through which God do this : one is a show and the other is a spill . God Prove Send His Love to Christ to Die for Us Read 5:6-8 . How can you know that God loves you ? Re - read 5:8 . The show ( sunistaymi ) is showing openly, even probarlo.Vimos above that God demonstrates his justice by sending Jesus to the cross ( 3:25 - endeiknumi ) , and there he showed mankind that he will not allow the sin pass without being castigado.Pero the cross is also God show your unique / special love for us. Now according to the Bible , the essence of love is dar.Y the degree of love is measured in part by the cost of the gift offered by the giver, and partly because it is not worthy that the largest receptor.Mientras be the schism (distance ) between the two , the greater demonstration of love. Delivering human love at its peak expensive gifts to people who deserve it (see 5:7 ) . Rarely, people are willing to give their lives for others, even people they consider to be very merecedores.A sometimes do , but not for people who are bad or wrong . Stories U.S. Army Veterans of World War II have someone who jumped on a Granada to save his comrades , but I have no official account of someone who has jumped on a Granada to save a Nazi . A firefighter could risk his life to rescue a neighbor arsonist incendioprovocado but there are no reports of a firefighter who offered to go to jail replacing pirómano.Un parent can mortgaging all their assets to pay the ransom for his son, but Ive never heard of any parent who offers to make a deposit for the abductor of his son after the event . Well, this is precisely how Gods love is unique / especial.Dios give their most precious gift - the Messiah, his Son . And who gives you your gift ? Note the decline progresode Pauls description of humanity. Incapable , wicked , sinners , enemies. The gulf between the preciousness of Gods gift and our unworthiness is humanly inconcebible.Sólo love that is far superior to ours could do something así.Sin Butthats exactly what God has done! And he did for us while we were still in this way . No extended his love for you will after you came back to him; he reached his greatest gift of love for you even when you were turned towards the other side ( Luke 23:33 , 34) . Indeed, it is the realization of this fact motivates us to turn to him. There is a beautiful illustration of this in the play Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.Observa carefully the interaction between Jean Valjean (Liam Neeson ) and obispo.VER EL VIDEO.Esta was the demonstration of the changed life of Jean . it was a decisive proof of Gods love for him, which ( when we open our hearts to receive it) rescued skepticism and despair and led him to a life of loving service to God and others. How can you know that God loves you ? Because God has given his Son for ti.Lo made openly through historia.El foretold through the prophets of the Old Testament , that you knew it was rather his work and not a historical accident. He explained both by Jesus and his apostles to know exactly why they hizo.Puedes check this as often as necesites.Cuando evil around you cries out that there is a loving God , when your heart is filled inside you of darkness and despair , you can come and step on this ground and be anchored by his proof that God loves you. God pours his love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit. There is still another way in which God communicates his love for nosotros.Leer 5:5 B. God not only proves his love in sending Christ to die for us; but he also spilled his love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit. The image is of a heavy rain soaking the ground soaks reseco.Así God our parched hearts with his love through the Holy Spirit (John 7:37-39 ) . One of the main roles of the Holy Spirit is make us deeply and realize afresh that God loves us . And this is not something God does so only for some privileged super saints . This is something he does for all who place their faith in Christ to justify them (5:1 defines who is we) GOSPEL: Perhaps you have come to understand that God loves you because he gave his Son to die for you . But know this intellectually , but it is wonderful and necessary, does not make you a Christian , and not fill the void in your corazón.Para this, you really need to experience Gods love for you at a level personal.Y God is ready and waiting to pour out his love into your heart , if you open the door of your heart and invite Christ to come ( read Revelation . 3:20). which will experience ? Some people experience a dramatic sense of joy . Others experience a deep sense of relief and limpieza.Otros experience a subtle but profound sense that they have made the right decision , you have come to casa.Tú experience the love of God in your heart, whatever the expression that God knows you need. Why not do this today? But while this spill occurs initially when you receive Christ , God wants me to be a steady rain in your soul ( ekkechytai is in the present tense .) What continues to pour the Spirit of Gods love in our hearts ? It is difficult describe precisely, because it is deeply personal.Debemos avoid God require or prescribe how others should. However Scripture provides an outline of how it looks and how to receive it . The Spirit personalizes the Biblical teaching about Gods love for us ( 1Cor.2 : 12; Efes.1 : 17,18). He opens our hearts to understand that Christs death was not just an abstract gift that God gave to mankind in general, but Christ died for me because God loves me. He chooses passages and clear to understand that in our hearts to grow / nurture our faith in the love of God and his bondad.Algunos of you are experiencing this for the first time, or more deeply , despite being in the early chapters of Romans. So if you want to experience Gods love spill , you must have a regular exhibition of Gods Word . The Spirit helps us relate to God personally , to be an abstract and distant deity which we recognize through rites and prayers memorized becomes a warm and loving Father with whom we share very personal ways and we íntimas.Él helps to pour out our hearts to God in prayer ( Rom. 8:26-27 ), and he assures us in our hearts through this interaction that we as the beloved children of God ( Rom. 8:15,16 ) . so if you want to experience Gods love spill , you need to choose the regular approach God in prayer. The Spirit assures us Gods hope and peace and joy ( experimentally and safety be aware that the good hand of God is upon us ) in the middle of this distressing situations and dolorosas.De 5:5 Paul speaks , and says . this in Rom.15 : 13 (read) God not only works through our sufferings to produce character in our lives ; it also assures us of his love in the midst of these sufferings .s why , while non-Christians say suffering as proof that God does not love Christians note the suffering in the context where we experience Gods love of the most profound ways ! So if you want to experience this outpouring of Gods love , you must choose to follow and keep trusting God when you suffer . The Spirit expresses Gods love for us through his gente.Él embodies his love through the members of his Body ( the Body of Christ), we experience wonderful personal forms his forgiveness, his mind, his affection, etc. . (see 2Cor . 7:5,6 ) . they speak of His Word , pray for and with us, communicate their peace , forgiveness and hope. And experience God through us when we also do this with others ! So if you want to experience the effusion of Gods love , you must be involved regularly with other Christians willing to receive His love through them , and be willing to let him you of your love for them through you . The best way to do this is to be involved in a group home . conclusion To summarize, God assures us of His love in two different and complementary ways. The work of the cross is public; the Spirits work is private and personal . The work of the cross is historical ; the Spirits work is contemporary . The work of the cross is objective ; the Spirits work is subjective and is experienced. We need both the proof of God and spill for growth and development sano.Los Christians who focus only on the work of the cross and neglect the work of the Spirit Christian estériles.Los become that focus only in the work of the Spirit and disregard the work of the cross become inestables.Necesitamos be firmly anchored in the work of the cross and regularly encouraged by the work of the Spirit if we want a stable and vital spiritual development.
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