HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT (1 OF 7)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: Malachi 1:1-5
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He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (1 of 7)
Return to Me
Jeff Schreve
Malachi 1:1-5
Karl Barth, the famous theologian of the 20th Century, was visiting in America. He was a Swiss theologian. He was visiting in America in the 1960's. He was asked at a Q&A, "Dr. Barth, if you had to take your theology and boil it down to just a sentence or two, what is the crux of your theology?" And he said, "I can do that. It is what I learned as a child on my mother's knee. This is the crux of my theology: Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so." The love of God and the love we have for God, that is everything in the Christian life. As we sang, John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." God so loved you and me that He gave His Son. What does God want from you and me, the greatest commandment? That we would love Him back. First John 4:19 says, "We love because He first loved us." Everything in the Christian life, everything in your relationship with God, it starts with love. Love is the theme of everything that God does because God is love. The greatest commandment is to love God with all your heart, all your soul, all y our strength, and all your mind. The second greatest commandment is horizontal - love your neighbor as yourself. Now, everything breaks down in the Christian life when you start to question the vertical love; when you start to question, does God really love me? Because then, you're not going to be able to love Him back right. We love because He first loved us. The sad reality is you have a tendency, and I have a tendency, and we have a tendency to question God's love. We have a tendency to adopt a DAISY theology that says, He loves me when things are good. He loves me not when things are bad.
Now, we're starting a new series in the Book of Malachi today. Malachi is an important book because it's the last book o ...
Return to Me
Jeff Schreve
Malachi 1:1-5
Karl Barth, the famous theologian of the 20th Century, was visiting in America. He was a Swiss theologian. He was visiting in America in the 1960's. He was asked at a Q&A, "Dr. Barth, if you had to take your theology and boil it down to just a sentence or two, what is the crux of your theology?" And he said, "I can do that. It is what I learned as a child on my mother's knee. This is the crux of my theology: Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so." The love of God and the love we have for God, that is everything in the Christian life. As we sang, John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." God so loved you and me that He gave His Son. What does God want from you and me, the greatest commandment? That we would love Him back. First John 4:19 says, "We love because He first loved us." Everything in the Christian life, everything in your relationship with God, it starts with love. Love is the theme of everything that God does because God is love. The greatest commandment is to love God with all your heart, all your soul, all y our strength, and all your mind. The second greatest commandment is horizontal - love your neighbor as yourself. Now, everything breaks down in the Christian life when you start to question the vertical love; when you start to question, does God really love me? Because then, you're not going to be able to love Him back right. We love because He first loved us. The sad reality is you have a tendency, and I have a tendency, and we have a tendency to question God's love. We have a tendency to adopt a DAISY theology that says, He loves me when things are good. He loves me not when things are bad.
Now, we're starting a new series in the Book of Malachi today. Malachi is an important book because it's the last book o ...
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