Knowing God Loves Me

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*KNOWING GOD LOVES ME .* 


 _Psalm 103, uncovers and reminds us of God's endearing love from one of the Old Testament's most stirring passages._ 


Some years ago, a student in seminary class stood to his feet and announced to the professor, "I don't believe in God!" The professor, unraveled, replied, "Describe this God you don't believe in?" After the student had described an unlovely and vengeful God, the professor confessed, "I don't believe in that God either. My God is a God of love."


I. *The description of God's love* 

How do you describe a rose to a blind person? How do you describe Handle's Hallelujah Chorus to a deaf person? How do you describe the thrill of down hill skiing to one who has never walked? How do you describe the impeccable, infinite love of God to impure, finite humans?

One of the most vivid characteristics of God is that he is a God of love. The Psalmist was descriptive in recording the love-nature of God. He stated that he was "full of faithful love" (Psalm 103:8), "For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His faithful love toward those who fear Him" (Psalm 103:11), "As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him" (Psalm 103:13), and "But from eternity to eternity the LORD's faithful love is toward those who fear Him" (Psalm 103:17).


II. *The definition of God's love* 

The point is not simply that God "loves," but that he is love itself. Love is not merely one of his attributes, but his very nature. The Scripture say, "And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him" (1 John 4:16). To say that God is love, is not to imply that love is God. There is a difference like there is a difference in me saying my dog is a girl and my girl is a dog. God is love means that God wants the very best for you. God has your best interest in mind. He wants to give you good gifts and provide you with "all his benefits" (Psalm 103:2, NIV).


III. *The benefits of God's love* 

The Psalmist uncovers all the phases of life that God's love has touched and in turn benefited and blessed the recipient.


A. *Spiritually* 

Spiritually God's love removes the barrier that separates us from him by canceling the debt of our sin so that we can enjoy a loving relationship with him. God's love removes our sins as though they never existed.


B. *Emotionally* 

Much of our physical and emotional illness is due to moral failure. In removing the sin and guilt from our lives God's love brings healing to our emotional life.


C. *Eternally* 

The pit is the pit of death. God's love rescues us, fallen humanity, from our own bent on destruction, and grants us eternal life.


D. *Authoritatively* 

God's love places a crown of royal glory and authority on us. God's love ". . . made us a kingdom, priests to His God and Father" (Rev. 1:6). He have been crowned with his love and given a new citizenship on this earth and in heaven.


E. *Physically* 

Like a father he desires to give us good gifts of strength and endurance. Jesus, the embodiment of God's love came enjoying life, and he wants his children to do the same.


F. *Judicially* 

Here we find a major difference between divine love and what so often passes for love among people. Often, love is expressed as that virtue that accepts everything. But, God's love always makes judgment calls. Divine love hates what is wrong and embraces what is right.


IV. *The knowledge of God's love* 

What do I know of God's love?

* God's love is all consuming

God's love touches every part of our life. Nothing - no calling or circumstance, no adversity or advancement, no pain or promotion, no status or station - escapes the brush strokes of God's love. God's love bleeds into every fabric and fiber of our lives.


The number of times the three-lettered word "all" is used in this text reminds us that God's love is all consuming. His love touches every area of our lives. There is nowhere we can go to escape his love. There is no problem that we will encounter that is not touched by his love. There is no advancement that we will make where God is not already there. Even when our world falls apart, we can say, "God, I don't know why this is happening. I don't understand it, but I'm sure glad to know you love me."


Jesus loves me" is the central affirmation of the Christian faith and the cornerstone of the nature of God.


When God says I love you, he is saying that you matter to him. You are a person of worth. You are valuable to him. Regardless of what others think, in his eyes you are wonderful.


God's love is beyond comprehension 

Amazing, isn't it? God knows me and still loves me. God knows that I am a sinner, yet he forgives; I am diseased, yet he heals; I am in a pit, yet he pulls me out; I am ungrateful for his good gifts, yet he gives them anyway; and I deserve justice, yet he grants mercy.


Like a father's love for a wayward and rebellious son that waits anxiously for him to return home so he can grant him a new start, is God's love for us. It is beyond comprehension.


Accept his love for you today by accepting his only begotten son Jesus Christ as your lord and your personal saviour  ‼️

Because by his sacrifice on the cross we are saved from enternal Destruction ‼️


please accept him now before It's too late ‼️

Rapture is near ‼️

Jesus Christ is coming soon🗣️🎺‼️

Accept Jesus Christ today and be saved from upcoming destruction ‼️

Heaven is real ‼️

Hell is real ‼️ 


Remember to share to your friends and family to save their souls ❤️


If Jesus Christ have touched u through this massage say this prayer, believe it and always read your Bible day/night.


Dear lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for your forgiveness. I believe you die for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sin and invite you to come into my heart and life now. And filled me with your holy spirit. I want to trust and follow you as my Lord and personal savior, so help me lord. Amen

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