k 17If someone who has worldly means sees a brother in need and refuses him compassion, how can the love of God remain in him? l 18Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. j 16The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. i 15Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him. h 14We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. g 13Do not be amazed, brothers, if the world hates you.
Why did he slaughter him? Because his own works were evil, and those of his brother righteous. * 10In this way, the children of God and the children of the devil are made plain no one who fails to act in righteousness belongs to God, nor anyone who does not love his brother.ġ1 * For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: we should love one another, f 12unlike Cain who belonged to the evil one and slaughtered his brother. e 9No one who is begotten by God commits sin, because God’s seed remains in him he cannot sin because he is begotten by God. Indeed, the Son of God was revealed to destroy the works of the devil. The person who acts in righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.ĨWhoever sins belongs to the devil, because the devil has sinned from the beginning. d 6No one who remains in him sins no one who sins has seen him or known him.ħChildren, let no one deceive you. * 5You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 4Everyone who commits sin commits lawlessness, for sin is lawlessness. b 3Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure, as he is pure. We do know that when it is revealed * we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. a 2Beloved, we are God’s children now what we shall be has not yet been revealed. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. In Jesus’ name, amen.1 * See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. May you experience it, though it is so great you will never fully understand it" (Ephesians 3:18-19).ĭear God, we thank You for Your love-a love so great that You gave Your one and only Son so that we could have eternal life. My prayer for you today is, "That you may understand how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love really is. We don't need to, but we do need to experience it. How do you measure a love like that? We can't measure it. "For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). Wow! If God's love is from everlasting to everlasting, I guess we couldn’t measure it with a watch. The Bible tells us that God's love is from everlasting to everlasting (Psalm 103:17).
I wonder if we could use a watch to measure how long God's love will last. There will probably be some people here this morning who will use their watches to measure how long the pastor's sermon lasts. Which of these would I use to measure time? (Allow kids to pick between the measuring cup, a tape measure, and a watch.) We use a watch to measure time. If God's love is higher than the heavens, I don't think we could use a tape measure to measure it, could we? If we were building something, which of these would I use to measure the length, width, and height of different things? (Allow kids to pick between the measuring cup, a tape measure, and a watch.) That’s right, a tape measure, but I wonder if we might use a tape measure to measure God's love? The Bible tells us that God's love is higher than the heavens (Psalm 108:4). Well, if our cup runs over with God's love, I guess we couldn’t use a measuring cup to measure it. If I were making some cookies, which of these would I use to make sure that I put in exactly the right amount of flour, sugar, and milk? (Allow kids to pick between the measuring cup, a tape measure, and a watch.) That’s right, we would use a measuring cup for cookies, but I wonder if we might use a measuring cup to measure God's love? The Bible says, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.my cup runneth over" (Psalm 23:1,5). I thought they might help us measure God's love. This morning I brought several things that we often use to measure stuff. I was thinking about that verse and wondering just how great God's love is and how we could measure it. One of my favorite Bible verses begins, "For God so loved the world" (John 3:16). Children's Sermon: Measuring God's Love (John 3:14-21)
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