THE GREATNESS OF JESUS

 

THE GREATNESS OF JESUS

I John 3:1-3

Jesus is great in love. John gives us a glimpse into the great love of Jesus for us. We know just how great His love is for us because He willingly gave up His life for us at Calvary. John gives us some ways His love is played out in our lives.

Jesus’ love is like the love of a good father for his children. 1 God lavishes His children with love. He keeps pouring into our hearts His love. There is never a moment in which He stops loving us. He desires nothing but good for us and works in our lives to accomplish it. We may not always understand what He is doing, or why He allows what He does, but we do know it’s always for our good. He watches over us to keep us safe, and He supplies what we need for healthy souls in Him.

Jesus’ love is a revealing love. 2 God makes it clear that we are not finished products. All of us are in the process of growing in Christ. He is our source of wisdom, righteousness, and holiness. We will never in the flesh reach the finish line of who we could be in Christ. We the help of the Holy Spirit, we make progress, but sometimes our growth is very slow. We struggle in this life, but we know that when we persevere and keep our eyes focused on Christ, we shall be with Him in person someday. The Apostle Paul in Philippians 3 gives us a great perspective on how we ought to live. We should never make earthly gains, power, or popularity our goals in life. Jesus is our goal, and we should always pursue Him with all we have for as long as we live.

Jesus’ love is a purifying love. 3 When Jesus dwells in us, everything changes. We no longer are driven to sin. We seek to live lives free from sin. We become aware of sin in us and seek reconciliation with God when we do. We are aware of when we are facing temptations to sin and seek to avoid them. We make conscious decisions to say no to sin. We hold ourselves accountable for what we see and dwell on. We stay close to Christ so that we live in purity and not sin.

To love and be loved by Jesus changes everything. His love is great and must captivate our hearts and minds. We must never let anything crowed out His love in us. We must let Him love us all the way to heaven. Jesus loves us not just because the Bible tells us so, He loves us we experience it as we let Him have His way with us.