November 7, 2021

Love Unbounding

Preacher:
Passage: Romans 5:1-11
Service Type:
  • Looking at one verse tonight - Rom 5:5
    • Could have looked at 1 Cor 2:2
    • Rom 5:1-5 shared by Adrian Carey-Jones at the Missionary Meeting
    • Trials bring out character
    • Trials, perseverance, character, hope
    • That faith is in God
  • Trials are not pleasant but they bring us to the point of hope
    • The Holy Spirit is poured into our heart
    • God's love is shed abroad in us
      • The love of God can saturate our being
    • The work of the Holy Spirit in our heart
    • Example of the love of God in Adrian Carey-Jones
  • What is the secret of loving God?
  • We are called to keep in step with the Holy Spirit
    • We must be in regular prayer
    • The Thessalonians loved God will a joy inexpressible and full of glory
    • We must not harbour sin
  • The verses that follow v5 - speak of the cross
    • Christ died for us in our most lowly/wretched state - v8
    • The guarantee of our salvation - v10
  • Reflecting on the cross
    • We need to spend time meditating on the cross
  • God's love is known at the cross
  • God's love is known in the fellowship of the saints
    • A cheery word often lifts your soul
  • The Holy Spirit pours out God's love in our hearts
    • He instructs in the word
    • He gives us deep assurance
    • By Him we cry 'Abba, Father'
  • God speaks to His people by His word
  • Example of Sarah Edwards
  • Rom 8:31 - objective truth
    • God is for us - who can be against?
    • Rom 8:35, 38-39
    • We must hold onto these truths
  • Quote/Song from Charles Wesley
  • Quote/Song from Augustus Toplady