// Jesus gave
because of his
for all people.
John 3:16
“For God loved the world this much: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.”
// Jesus’ love was expressed through his
for people.
Greek : splagchnizomai – “to be moved in the inward parts (bowels), to feel compassion”
Matthew 9:35-36
Jesus continued going around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness. When he saw the crowds, he felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd.
// Jesus knew what people were
.
Luke 19:41-42, 44
As [Jesus] approached [Jerusalem] and saw the city, he wept for it, saying, “If you knew this day what would bring peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes… because you did not recognize the time when God visited you.”
// Jesus was
full of LOVE and COMPASSION.
>> Jesus’ compassion
him to meet people’s needs.
a)
Matthew 14:14
[Jesus] saw a large crowd, had compassion on them, and healed their sick.
And this happens over and over and over again.
b)
Matthew 15:32
Jesus called his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with me three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry, otherwise they might collapse on the way.”
c)
d)
John 17:20-21
[Jesus said,] “I pray not only for these, but also for those who believe in me through their word. May they all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us, so that the world may believe you sent me.”
e)
Titus 3:4-7 GNT
But when the kindness and love of God our Savior was revealed, he saved us. It was not because of any good deeds that we ourselves had done, but because of his own mercy that he saved us, through the Holy Spirit, who gives us new birth and new life by washing us. God poured out the Holy Spirit abundantly on us through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that by his grace we might be put right with God and come into possession of the eternal life we hope for.
>> Our Response
1)
the love of Jesus.
Ephesians 3:17-19
I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love, and to know Christ’s love that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
2) Let Jesus’ love (in you) turn into
.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For the love of Christ compels us, since we have reached this conclusion, that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.
3)
your love by what you
.
John 13:34-35
“I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
James 2:18 GNT
But someone will say, “One person has faith, another has actions.” My answer is, “Show me how anyone can have faith without actions. I will show you my faith by my actions.”
My Next Step With Jesus: