FOUNDATION STATEMENT: As believers we
must understand that there is no loss associated with keeping the commandment
of love. God has given us this commandment to the best
possible life.In order to keep this
commandment we have to overcome the fear of walking in love.
I. The Love of God has the appearance of weakness, but in
reality it is the most powerful force in existence because it is God
A. The
agape love of God appears to make you vulnerable, but ultimately it is the most
protected place that you can be (Luke 6:27-37)
B. Satan
had deceived many believers out of the most powerful force in the universe by
getting us to believe that the way of love is weak
1. Fear
tries to get you to believe that something is true when it’s not true
2. Satan
has tried to keep us in the dark (in a carnal way of thinking) on this issue (2
Cor 4:4)
a. In
the dark (from a carnal mindset) love
appears to be a weak thing, but when the light of God’s Word comes in that dark
place, you’ll see that love is not weak at all, but it is the most powerful
force in existence
i. Love
is the most powerful force in existence it is God and it never fails
(1 Cor 13:8)
3. 1
Corinthians 2:14-3:3
a. This
love walk is foolish to carnal unrenewed mind
b. When
you walk in strife and out of love you live as mere natural men
c. When
you walk in love, you become supermen with God (Love) working through you
C. One
of the main reasons why people don’t walk in love is they are afraid to – If I walk in the agape love of God, they’ll
walk all over me?
1. If
you’re not walking in love Satan’s already walking all over you everyday of
your life
2. This
is a commandment so even if you were going to get walked on you should do it
II. To overcome the fear of walking in love you got to
believe the love of God (1 John 4:16)
A. You
got to have faith in the love of God knowing that anything God told you to do
is not for your demise, but it is for your benefit.
1. God
always has your prosperity on His mind and if he ever gives you a command, it’s
for your benefit not His
a. Every
thought that He has ever had, every Word that He’s every spoken, and every action
that He’s made has been directed toward
your prosperity
2. If
God told me to do it, then it’s the best thing for me
a. I
don’t even have to understand it with my natural mind because I know he loves
me and he would never tell me to do something that would harm me
3. If
you’re violating the commandment of love then you lack revelation of God’s love
for you
B. There
is no loss associated with doing what God tells you to do
1. His
commandments are not grievous (1 John 5:3, 1 John 3:22)
a. Grievous
– burdensome, heavy, weight
i. His
commandments are not there to put burdens on you, they are there to keep
burdens off of you
b. There
is no loss associated with keeping his commandments there is only gain
(Deuteronomy 28:1-2, 15)
i. You
live your life in violation to the commandment of love and you’re going to find
yourself missing out on a whole lot of things – Disobedience is grievous –
There’s loss attached to it
ii. When
God gives you a commandment it’s nothing, but an opportunity for you to be
blessed, but the blessing is attached to the obedience and when you passed by
the obedience, then you passed by the blessing
2. The
rich young ruler was afraid that if he did what Jesus told him to do then he
would miss out on something when in reality he was going to gain like he never had before (Mark 10:17-22)
a. Jesus
was giving this guy an opportunity receive a 100 times what he had
3. Adam
believed if they did what God told them to do they would miss out on something
(Genesis 3:1)
a. The
loss was attached to the disobedience and when they disobeyed they lost out
4. When
you make the decision to keep this commandment it’s a guaranteed fact that you
will only gain (Daniel 3:14, Exodus 20:3-6)
a. You
know Satan tried to give them the thought if they kept that commandment they’ll
die – they’d rather die doing what God told them to do, than live disobeying
him
C. The
reward for doing agape is great (Luke 6:35-38)
1. Religion
has taught us that our reward comes in Heaven, but Jesus said that our reward
is Heaven on the Earth
a. Give/Sow
agape and agape Himself will be manifested unto you, good measure, pressed down
shaken together and running over
2. You
got to believe that the way of love is the only way that you won’t miss out
(John 14:21)
When
Zoë’s manifested there is no missing out to be found
3. Deuteronomy
11 – Zoe will turn hell on Earth into Heaven on the Earth
III. The Love of God is the only safe place on this planet
A. You
have no reason to fear when you walking in the love of God, because in love
there is no failure
1. The
walk of love appears to be weak, but in reality the love of God is the only
thing that keeps you protected (Psalm 91)
a. To
dwell in the secret place of the most High is to dwell in the love of God (1
John 4:16)
b. 14-The
Psalmist set his love upon God and that’s why he dwelled in the secret place of
the Most High and that’s why he was so bold to say what he said
B. Romans
8:35-39 – When you walk in love it looks like a weak and foolish thing, but it’s
the love that makes you a conqueror
C. Jesus
lived in the love of God and he always had more than enough and was always
protected
1. Luke
4, John 8 – They couldn’t kill him because he dwelled in the
love of God
2. John
19:10 – He told Pilate you couldn’t do this without my permission
3. Matthew
26:53 – He told Peter he could call more than 80,000 angels to his assistance
at
4. What
looked weak on the cross didn’t look so weak when he defeated hell
D. Overcome
evil with good – God (Romans 12:17-21)
1. When
you repay evil with evil, you are sowing the seed for more evil to show up in
your life
a. Galatians
6:7, Luke 6:31, 38 – Whatsoever you sow you’ll reap
2. You
make every effort to stay in love
3. You
overcome evil with do-good seed
a. You
overcome darkness with light, not with more darkness
E. Man
outside of love is a failure and there is nothing tough about failing
