GREATER LOVE IN CHRIST JESUS: IT’S MADE POSSIBLE AND PERFECTED BY ABIDING IN GOD’S LOVE!
“Herein is our LOVE made PERFECT (COMPLETE, WHOLE, MATURE, TOTAL), that we may have BOLDNESS in the day of JUDGMENT (QUESTIONING; CHALLENGE): BECAUSE AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD. 18 There is no FEAR in LOVE; but PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR, because FEAR involves TORMENT. But he who FEARS has not been MADE PERFECT IN LOVE” 1 John 4:17-18 Emphasis Mine.
God’s GREATER LOVE is already perfected and made complete in you in Christ Jesus. I pray you know it and stop all the worries that nobody loves you. God’s love is shed lavishly and strongly in your hearts by the abiding Holy Spirit that dwells within you, knowingly or unknowingly.
“And hope maketh not ashamed; BECAUSE THE LOVE OF GOD IS SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS by the Holy Ghost which is GIVEN unto us” Romans 5:5.
And the graciously gracious and gracefully graceful way to kick start each day and the week is to know and understand that God loves you and wants you to ABIDE the more in His LOVE by His WORD.
“If ye ABIDE in me, and MY WORDS ABIDE in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. 9 As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; ABIDE IN MY LOVE. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will ABIDE IN MY LOVE, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and ABIDE IN HIS LOVE” John 15:7-10.
ABIDING makes God’s love and joy PERFECTED in you. It causes your being to live and walk in God’s LOVE today – for LOVE is the greatest. For God’s PERFECTED LOVE drives out fear, hatred, mistrust, all forms of inferiority complex, evil and wickedness.
I pray you have a graciously gracious week of perfected love. For perfected love produces perfected praise. Amen.
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“Herein is OUR LOVE MADE PERFECT, that we may have BOLDNESS in the day of judgment: BECAUSE AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD. 18 There is no FEAR IN LOVE; BUT PERFECT LOVE CASTETH OUT FEAR: because FEAR HATH TORMENT. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 19 We love him, because he first loved us. 20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also” 1 John 4:17-21.
“And hope maketh not ashamed; BECAUSE THE LOVE OF GOD IS SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. 6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God COMMENDETH HIS LOVE TOWARD US, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:5-8.
“As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; ABIDE IN MY LOVE. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will ABIDE IN MY LOVE, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and ABIDE IN HIS LOVE. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. 12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 GREATER LOVE has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends” John 15:9-13.
SUMMARY:
The whole message centres on 1 John 4:17-18, John 15:9-10, Romans 5:5.
Main point: God’s perfected love is not something you’re struggling to earn. It’s ALREADY MADE COMPLETE IN YOU IN CHRIST JESUS through the indwelling Holy Spirit. “As He is, so are we in this world.”
5 Key Truths Taught:
- Perfection = Completion, not Flawlessness
“PERFECT (COMPLETE, WHOLE, MATURE, TOTAL)” – God’s love in you is mature and finished. That perfection gives BOLDNESS on judgment day because you’re identified with Christ. - Fear vs Love
THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE; PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR because fear = torment. If fear is present, it means we haven’t fully grasped that we’re already perfected in love. 1 John 4:20-21 adds: you can’t love God you don’t see if you hate your brother you do see. - Love Shed Abroad by the Holy Spirit
Romans 5:5: THE LOVE OF GOD IS SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS BY THE HOLY GHOST. Whether you “know it or unknowingly” – the Spirit dwells in you and lavishly pours God’s love into you. Romans 5:8: God commended His love while we were still sinners. - Abiding is the Key
John 15:7-10,13: ABIDE IN MY LOVE like Christ abided in the Father’s love. Abiding = keeping His commandments + letting His Word remain in you. Result: your joy is full, you bear fruit, and you’re empowered to lay down your life for others. GREATER LOVE HAS NO ONE THAN THIS. - Love Produces
PERFECTED LOVE PRODUCES PERFECTED PRAISE. When you walk in abiding love, it destroys fear, hatred, mistrust, inferiority complex, evil, wickedness. Love becomes your daily walk: LOVE IS THE GREATEST [1 Cor 13:13].
The Charge / Application:
AND THE GRACIOUSLY GRACIOUS WAY TO KICK START EACH DAY AND WEEK IS TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT GOD LOVES YOU AND WANTS YOU TO ABIDE THE MORE IN HIS LOVE BY HIS WORD.
So the instruction is: Stop worrying “nobody loves you”. Switch your focus daily to knowing and understanding God’s love. Abide more by His Word.
Tone & Purpose:
This isn’t just teaching. It’s a prayer plus benediction. The message is praying that readers should enter a week where perfected love becomes their experience, not just theology.
REV. CHUKIE MORSI
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