The love of Christ revealed on the Cross is Real
Real stuff cost more.
This is real love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us… 1 John 4:10 NLT
My confidence is in Gods capacity, His character and most of all His compassion.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the
Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. Isaiah 43:2-3 ESV
Real love is the most obvious and impressive when things are hard not when things are easy.
Real love was displayed on the Cross and resurrected with Christ when He walked out of the tomb.
Only when we are alive in Christ are fully capable of Christlike love.
The love of Christ revealed on the Cross is Selfless.
This is real love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away
our sins. 1 John 4:10 NLT
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 ESV
The most inexplicable evidence for creation in the universe is selfless love of Christ.
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 ESV
The love of Christ revealed on the Cross is Limitless.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Corinthians 13:7 ESV
God’s love can bear the weight of your life and history, and your present pain and strain.
The love of Christ revealed on the Cross is Certain.
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither
angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow, not even the powers of hell
can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below. indeed, nothing in all
creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39 NLT
The Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son
and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’). Isaiah 7:14 NLT
The love of Christ revealed on the Cross is Yours!
God loves because of who God is, not because of who we are. Phil Yancey
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but
have eternal life. John 3:16 ESV
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. Augustine
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10 ESV