God’s Perfect Love | 1 John 4:9-10

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God loved us when we did not love Him – 1 John 4:9-10

God’s Word is clear that without Christ in our lives, all other spiritual experiences are counterfeit. 1 John 4:9, Romans 6:23, Ephesians 2:1

Without God’s intervention, we would never choose to love God Romans 8:7

God sent His Own Son – 1 John 4:10

Who Christ Was

Pre-existant

Eternal Son of God

2^nd Member of the Trinity

What the Incarnation meant

(Incarnation: Jesus’ physical presence in the world)

Jesus came literally, bodily and physically.

His teaching was pure

His love for sinners was perfect

His doctrine was flawless

His life was holy

Justice and Mercy Meet at the Cross

God in his infinite love for us offered His own Son as the payment for our sins. – Romans 5:8

The Resurrection of Christ

We don’t serve a God whose son in dead in the grave, but a God whose Son is alive and ruling and reigning and proving that he holds the keys to eternal life.

Application: Why has God done all of this

He made the way

He gives the faith

He brings people to spiritual life

He gives the power through the Spirit for spiritual growth

About the Author: Mark Stafford

Pastor Mark Stafford served on staff at Canyon Bible Church of Prescott Valley for almost 6 years. He and his wife, Lara, felt called to church planting and Canyon of Prescott Valley sent them to plant a new Canyon Bible Church in the Verde Valley. Mark is a graduate of the Biblical Studies department at Arizona Christian University with highest honors and has served for more than a dozen years in full-time pastoral ministry. Mark loves music and is an active musician playing electric and string bass, acoustic and electric guitar, & keyboard. He has served with several professional Christian touring groups and has been nominated for a Dove award. Pastor Mark is currently bi-vocational while he plants Canyon Verde. He owns a small printing and design company called Ablaze Media. When he is not preaching, leading small groups, playing music or designing graphics, you might find him in his F250 cruising around the back roads of the local national forests, cycling with his sons on the streets around the Verde Valley, or running in a 10K. Pastor Mark and Lara have 4 children and have been married for over 15 years.