Love Abounds

Love's Pure Light- Romans 8:31-39 -- God's desire is for you to live with the daily assurance and awareness of His grace to you: sacrificial, electing, interceding, binding, and conquering.

Isaiah 9:1-11: The Advent of the Prince of Peace: "There will be no end to the increase of His government, or of peace." - - "On the personal level, peace means fulfillment; to 'die in peace' is to have lived a fulfilled life, to have achieved all God planned. (Gen. 15:15) Peace is well being (Gen. 29:6) and freedom from anxiety. (1 Sam. 1:17). In relationships, it is goodwill and harmony (Ex. 4:18), the opposite of war (Lv. 26:6). Towards God, it is the full realization of His favor (Nu. 6:26)" (J.A Motyer)

Isaiah 9:1-7 The arrival of Advent reminds us of our need for God and all He brings into life. Without His gracious intervention, we would be without ultimate hope, peace, love and joy. Yet because of the incarnation of Christ, we now have these supernatural resources eternally available to us through Christ.

Matthew 18:21-35 "The Kings Forgiveness"--verse 33: should you not also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?--"Having a sense of being loved deeply by Christ allows us to forgive when someone wrongs us because we can afford to be generous. " (Keller)

"Sinners tend to respond sinfully to being sinned against"-- Jesus lays before us a better way to respond in Matthew 18: 15-20 . . .If you brother sins, go and reprove him in private .

Matthew 18: 7-14--How the Father exercises His loving will to ensure the little ones never perish- Exhorting, Defending, Rescuing, and Rejoicing

Matthew 18:1-6 - Don't grow up, it's a trap! (part 2) "Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven"....v.4...."But you, are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek them..." (Jer 45:5)

Matthew 18:1-4--The concept of comparative greatness in paradise is meaningless - for all things and people in paradise are great because of His infinite glory- and unless we are changed and become like children, we shall never enter

Matthew 17:24-27-- A practical question; A valid exemption; A higher principle; A gracious miracle : "take that and give it to them for you and Me"Like