Hey girl we're your hosts, Iz and Zi and welcome or welcome back to the Forever GodGirl podcast
in today's episode we will talk about the love of Christ.
Firstly we will talk about the depth of his agape love and what does agape love mean?
Well it is the highest, holiest, purest form of love that only comes from God.
Jeremiah 31 verse 3 says, I have loved you with an everlasting love and I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
The first thing we must understand about the love of Christ is not about how much we love him but how much he loves us.
Because of our human capacity and our minds we can never fully understand the love of Christ but we can learn to fully embrace it because his love draws us towards him.
In Romans chapter 5 verse 8 it says, but Christ died for us while we were still sinners and by this God showed us how much he loved us.
This shows us that God's love is unconditional and everlasting.
He loved us so much he came down to earth to sacrifice his son's life to give us salvation.
John 3 verse 16 says, God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever believes him shall not perish but have everlasting life.
So now that we know what his agape love is and the depth of it, how do we embrace his love?
Firstly this starts out by having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Why? Because when we are saved we have his Holy Spirit in us.
And if God is agape love and let me just remind you agape love is the highest, holiest, purest form of love,
if God is agape love and we have his Holy Spirit inside of us, that means we have his agape love inside of us.
In fact in 1st John chapter 3 verse 1 it says, see what great love the Father has lavished on us,
that we should be called children of God and that is what we are.
Once we are saved his love is planted in us and we aren't loved by him for what we do because we can never earn his love.
We have to learn to accept his love, to embrace it.
The way we feel about ourselves sometimes is not the same way God sees us.
We condemn ourselves in thinking that we don't deserve God's love.
And the truth is, we don't.
But the amazing thing about agape love is agape love is whole and makes us whole.
Our parents may love us, our friends may love us, our family may love us,
but their love does not complete us the way that God's love does.
In 1st John chapter 4 verse 16 it says,
and so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love, whoever lives in love lives in God and God in them.
So when we live in the love of God, God is in us and when we have his agape love, we are made whole in him through him.
Now that we know God's agape love and how to embrace it, how do we show it to others and even ourselves?
Well, when we have Jesus, the most important thing we want to make sure of is we want to be operating out of God's agape love and not human compassion.
Human love is ever changing while God's agape love is everlasting.
Our love is conditional, but God's love is unconditional.
Once we embrace God's love, it's important to show God's love to others as well.
Think about it, the reason we even knew about the love of God is because we heard it from someone or somewhere or something.
And one of the ways we can show love to others is to share the truth of Jesus with them, which is salvation.
Salvation is the greatest gift we've ever received and you wouldn't withhold the best gift ever from someone you love, would you?
No, we wouldn't.
Exactly.
Once we know God's agape love, embrace it and we show it not only to others but ourselves.
That is when we are walking in obedience to God.
It's time for our special segment with Iz and Zi.
Time for another round of Song Trivia and in today's Song Trivia I have a new song for you Zi.
Alright, what song do these words come from?
You're indescribable in every way.
You searched me out and now I'm caught up in your grace.
I just can't fathom it.
I can't make sense of how your love so undeserving never ends.
Are you kidding me?
This is definitely indescribable by Hillsong Young and Free.
You are a drum roll please.
Correct.
I knew you'd get this one Zi.
Thank you so much.
You're welcome.
Good job.
This was definitely a most exciting segment.
Yep, this special segment was pretty good.
I agree.
But now we gotta talk about something a little bit more serious.
Salvation.
This episode is great and all but if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus
then this episode won't be life changing for you.
So, if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ then this episode will help you.
But if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ then I invite you to give your heart to the Lord today.
To receive him into your heart.
Go to Romans 10, 9 through 10.
It says,
If you confess what your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness and what the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
If you said this prayer with sincerity you are saved and now have eternal life with Jesus.
You are saved from all your sins, past, present and future sins you may commit.
Now, this truth is not a free past to sin anytime.
Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers you to spread the gospel to others.
You are saved forever and your name is written in the book of life.
Did you just give your life to Jesus?
If you did, give yourself a pat on the back. We are so godly proud of you.
Thank you so much for listening to this podcast episode.
We trust it helped you and that you learned something.
And lastly, God's agape love for each of us is exceptionally unique.
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