September series - Topic 2:
Jeremiah32:30-41NIV
STUBBORN LOVE OF GOD
Welcome /Ice breaker:
1. When did you first experience being away
from your parents (e.g., having
sleepovers)? How does it feel?
2. Have you witnessed people having their
things stolen? Have you experienced
something was stolen from you?
3. How were you growing up as a kid? Are
you stubborn or not?
Worship
Warmth
Word
Jeremiah31:3NKJV
[3]TheLORDhasappearedofoldtome,sayin
g:"Yes,Ihavelovedyouwithaneverlasting
love;ThereforewithlovingkindnessIhavedr
awnyou."
God said "I have loved you with an
everlasting love". Do you fully understand
this? It means... 'I will give everything just to
love you.' What He is saying is 'I promise
that I will love you with all of who I am!'
Remember that 'God is love'. His love for you
is not based on what you will do for him, but
on his character. That is what we call...
Stubborn love!
To be stubborn means
torefusetochange,torefusetostop,unreaso
nablyunyielding.
If you can be stubborn in refusing his love,
God is more stubborn in loving you more.
He showed this love towards Israel. Jeremiah
summarized how God loves them and how
God will show his love again! Let us read..
Israel and Judah are so stubborn - they never
stopped rebelling against God. However God
disciplined them, they didnt listen. But look
at the stubbornness of God's love to them. If
you will look at the circumstances one by
one, the stubbornness of God's love comes
even to the point of 'changing the heart of
his children' and He does it by inspiring
them. His love for Israel reflects how
stubborn his love is for us! God secures us
with His STUBBORN LOVE by protecting us
through Jesus.
HOW GODS STUBBORN LOVE SECURE US
1.Nothing can snatch us from the Stubborn
Love of God.
Read John10:28-30NIV
Jesus said "no one can snatch them out". In
King James "no one can pluck them out" in
my hand. There are two realities here. First,
when you receive the eternal life and
become a child of God, He is holding you in
his hand! Second, there will be a thing or
someone that will try to snatch you or pluck
you out in his hands. The word "snatch or
pluck" in Greek is 'harpazo' which means
'toseizeuponwithforceortorob'. What Jesus
is saying is there will be forces that will take
you away from God, or rob you from Him.
This does not just refer to simple
temptations, trials, or demonic forces, but
forces which will use powerful force to take
you away from God! But He will hold you
with his hand, to protect you, and fight for
you.
(Read Romans8:1).
The only thing that will take us away from
God is when we condemn ourselves and
start to walk away from God because you are
afraid that you will be judged. It is always
the idea that we sin so much that God
cannot love us anymore! It is the idea that
His love is not everlasting. Have you ever
felt away from God? What was that instance?
2.Nothing can Separate us from the stubborn
love of God
Read Romans8:35-39NIV
Most of the time we think and we feel that
we are in a place that is far from God's
presence. But Paul said... NO spiritual power
and demonic forces can put a wall between
us and God which will hinder us in receiving
and experiencing God's love! How far we
may feel from God's presence, His love will
never be separated from us! He will use all
of His power to fight for you and stay in His
love! Gods love separates us from sin and
not from Him.
We now know that nothing can snatch and
separate us from his Love. His only request
is for you to remain in His love.
(Read John15:9-10)
Remain in His love; never turn your back
from God! Obey him, for he will enable you
to follow him! The only one that can take you
away from his hands is... YOU!
Thats why He reminded us to remain in His
love! If God will never let go of you please
never let go of God! Do not reject His love.
The thing that hinders God to fully express
his love for you is when you condemn
yourself, so stop condemning yourself!
APPLICATION:
1. What are the things that are keeping
you away from God? Share to the
group.
2. Have you condemned yourself? Do
you sometimes feel that you are far
from God?
3. What does James5:16say when you
sin? In line with this verse, how can
this group help you remain in His love?
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