[0:00]How does God express love? Number one, through sacrifice. When God tells a man, I love God must give him. That means everyone of us, we are already open to bandwidth of blessings.
[0:10]Because God's love is not word, it's sacrifice. John 3:16, he said for God so loved the world that he gave. Every time God shows love, he gives. Romans 5:8, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
[0:22]And God can give even himself if he tells you I love you. In fact, he likes to give himself when he loves a man. Number two, how does God express his love? through mercy and forgiveness.
[0:33]So when the love of God is at work in a man's life, oftentimes judgment is overriding by mercy. James 2:13, the Bible said mercy prevails over judgment.
[0:43]So it is in the context of God's love that mercy and forgiveness finds expression. Ephesians 2:4 and 5, for his great love wherewith he loved us, why we were what? dead in sin. He quickened us together with Christ, by grace we are saved.
[0:56]So the love of God forgive. Ephesians 1:7, the same scripture, he brought us redemption through his blood. All of that is the economy of love.
[1:04]So when you are moving about your life, don't let Satan threaten you or put depression on you because of a mistake you made or because you fell. Every time you fall, rise up and repent, turn to the Lord. There is forgiveness for you.
[1:18]In fact, when you study the word critically, God is not even forgiving you. He has forgiven you. When you repent, you are only receiving the forgiveness that is available. So don't let Satan keep you down. Rise up. There's forgiveness in the love of God.
[1:31]Number three, how does God express love? He expresses his love through patience and long suffering. When God loves a man, God will be patient with that man. Numbers 14:18, he said the Lord is long suffering and full of mercy.
[1:47]Second Peter 3:9, he said the Lord is not willing that any should perish. So he is long suffering so that we repent. God can be patient with a man for 15 years for that man to find repentance so that his destiny is not wasted.
[2:00]Will you take advantage of it? No, when you realize it, it will empower you to love God. So God expresses love through long suffering, through patience. He expresses love through forgiveness and mercy. He expresses love through sacrifice.
[2:12]Number four, he expresses love through provision and care. In Matthew 5:45, the Bible said he maketh his son to rise above both the good and the evil. That's God for you. Philippians 4:19, my God shall supply all your need.
[2:27]And the last time I checked, all my needs are not spiritual. I have physical needs, I have relational needs. He will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. We have a slogan here that we spend from glory.
[2:40]I don't spend from my account. My account is a channel, I spend from glory. It supplies all my needs according to his riches in glory. Argue it, that's your choice. I'm experiencing it. So when God loves, he shows care. He gives, he provides. It's not he doesn't love irresponsibly.
