Sunday, July 10, 2022

The test of love












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Abraham 
God wants Abraham to enter into a life of giving

Gen 22
Not withholding Abraham only son from God
Faith has taken Abraham far, but love will take him even further with Christ
   Faith brought him out of his hometown

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God wants Abraham 


Gen 22 15
Challenges, crisis in life hit us, ppl start to doubt God
We need to be  mature and grow deeper to sustain the love

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It's the test of love tt put Abraham in a contrixting situation
   Will Abraham still believe in God that God is true to His word

Hebrews 11
God gave Abraham Issac, but God ask Abraham to return Issac to Him
   Abraham chose to remain faithful and trust in God
We need to be convinced and go through it ourselves... Choose to trust God though we don't understand why we are suffering


Mark 4
This disciples haven't drown but the accused Jesus 

1. Be convinced of God's love even when God is silence
Mark 4 38
When we pray and there's no answer... The first thing tt comes to our mind, God don't care --- our faith has not fully matured
   God wants us to learn this --- even is God is silence, God still cares...

Disappointment can lead to wrong conclusion

Gen 22 12
How does God assured us of His love? It's not us receiving explanations for our sufferings
God didn't withhold His only son to identify with us so that through Him we can experience salvation

Romans
Look at the cross... Whatever we need, Jesus has alr done for us
   Jesus identify with what we goes through

We are angry with God cos God didn't give us what we want...
   We are disappointed, leading to  anger, leading to wrong conclusion...
      God won't argue more but the cross to prove His love for us
We need faith for unanswerable questions
   One certainty to all questions is that God loves us no matter what


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When trust and love is present, sometimes explanation is not required

Matt 27
God was silence, Jesus felt forsaken by God the Father but Jesus chose to stay on the cross
   With faith, knowing that God remains true to His word

Hebrews 11
3 days later, God recurred Jesus from the dead

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When Jesus is asleep, His eyes is closed but His heart knows the fear of the disciples

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What we hear must go through the mind to the heart... Only then it will then geminate

Eph 3
Many of our faith only remained in our mind, it needs to go to the heart from faith to turn to trust
Tt trust will turn into inner peace... His love will envelop us and create calm into our soul

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We need to put our trust in God ourself, face the storm ourself with Jesus
We need to experience God's love ourselves













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