May 20, 2025 • 11 mins
In this episode we continue to explore Jhon 3:16. This week we are at the word Love. We see why it is so easy for God to love us and define that love.
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SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
This is the Learn to Be Loved Podcast.
My name is Shannon.
Welcome and thank you forjoining with me today.
The last couple of episodes wehave been looking at John 3.16.
(00:24):
It is the most famous Bibleverse.
Everybody knows for God so lovedthe world that he gave his only
begotten son that whosoeverbelieves in him should not
perish but have everlastinglife.
We talked about learning to beloved by God.
(00:45):
We talked about putting yourname in this verse to make it
personal.
We read the scripture in severaldifferent translations to glean
the richness and the fullness ofGod's love.
This week, we're gonna talkabout the word love.
It says, for God so loved.
(01:09):
This word love is also probablyone of the most famous Greek
words.
It's the word agape.
And what agape means in theGreek is to esteem, to love,
indicating a direction of a willand finding one's joy in
something or someone.
(01:31):
It also means to love, to regardwith strong affection.
That's from the complete wordstudy New Testament.
The Lexington Lexicon translatesthis word as to prize, See, this
is no ordinary love.
This is an extraordinary lovethat only God the Father could
(01:55):
give.
And the reason for this is thatthe very definition of God is
love.
God is love.
1 John 4, 8-10 says, If anyonewho does not know love does not
know God, Because God is love.
(02:18):
In this, the love of God wasmade manifest among us, that God
sent his only Son into the worldso that we might live through
him.
In this is love, not that wehave loved God, but that he
loved us and sent his Son to bea propitiation for our sins.
(02:42):
God, the Father, is love.
is not an angry God of the OldTestament.
We need to get this out of ourheads.
God is not some angry God that'slooking for satisfaction or
justice or looking to be paidback.
But God is a God of love.
(03:04):
His very nature is love.
He is defined by love and alllove flows from him.
Everything that is love comesfrom God, and we must find a
place in our lives, in ourhearts, where we receive this
(03:26):
love, where we receive the loveof the Father.
John 16, 27 in the New AmericanStandard Version says, For the
Father himself loves you,because you have loved me and
have believed that I came forthfrom the Father.
(03:46):
John 17, 23-26 says, I in themand you in me, that they may be
perfected in unity.
So that the world may know thatyou sent me and you loved them
as you loved me.
See, this is a profound truth.
(04:10):
God the Father loves you just asmuch as he loves his son.
Can you grasp that?
He esteems you as much as hisson.
He loves you.
His direction of will andfinding joy in you is as much as
(04:33):
he finds joy in his son.
He regards you with the sameaffection as he regards his son.
He prizes you as much as heprizes his son.
He's content with you.
He's happy with you.
Just as happy as he is withJesus.
(04:59):
Continuing in John 17, verse 25,Jesus says, Righteous Father,
although the world has not knownyou, yet I have known you.
And these have known that yousent me.
and I have made your name knownto them and I will make it known
(05:23):
so that the love which you lovedme may be in them.
and i in them so here we havejesus speaking praying to his
father and he says that theworld has not known you not one
prophet not one teacher not onehigh priest not one religious
(05:47):
leader was able to bring a trueand accurate picture of who the
father was all the way from thetime of adam All the way into
the time of Jesus, not oneperson knew the Father truly.
But Jesus said, I come to showthem who you are and who God is.
(06:16):
The God that Jesus showed us wasa God of love, not a God of
wrath, not a God of judgment,not a God of anger.
but a God of love.
He said, I have made your nameknown to them.
So I want you to see that inthis verse, the world says for
(06:43):
God so loved, he had copied theworld.
This is a world that does notknow God, but yet he loves them
anyways.
UNKNOWN (06:57):
And
SPEAKER_00 (06:58):
Jesus knows the exact nature and character of
the Father, and he defined thatas love.
1 Corinthians 13, 4-8 is anotherfamous verse.
And this verse perfectly definesthe nature and the character of
(07:23):
the Father.
It says in verse 4, love ispatient.
Love is kind.
It is not jealous.
Love does not brag, and it isnot arrogant.
It does not act unbecomingly.
It does not seek its own.
It is not provoked, does nottake into account a wrong
(07:49):
suffered.
It does not rejoice inunrighteousness, but rejoices
with the truth.
And I want you to get to know Afather that is patient, a father
(08:18):
that is kind, that is notjealous.
I want you to know a father thatdoesn't brag or is not arrogant
or doesn't act unbecomingly likethe pagan gods.
I want you to know a father thatdoesn't seek his own, that's not
(08:39):
provoked.
I want you to know a God thatdoesn't take account of wrongs
that's been suffered.
I want you to know a God, aFather God, that does not
rejoice in unrighteousness, butrejoices with the truth.
(09:00):
I want you to know a Father thatbears...
all things he believes allthings and he hopes all things
and he endures all things i wantyou to know a father that never
fails i want you to know afather that loves you
(09:23):
passionately anything or anyonewho describes or explains the
character of God and it is notin the context of love, it is a
lie.
See, we have made God into ourown image we made god into an
(09:48):
angry god we made god into anuntrustworthy god into a
temperamental god one that wedon't know if he's happy or he's
not happy we've turned him intothis moody false god but the
true god the god that jesusknows and has come to make known
(10:14):
is a God of restoration, a Godof love.
So for God so loved the world,that's where we're at this week.
I'm gonna close us in prayer andthank you for joining with us
today.
Father God, help us to know whoyou are.
(10:37):
Help us to have a revelationthis week of your love God let
us put away all the false thingsthat we've heard or seen or read
that you are an angry God weknow that's not true father you
are you never fail you aredefined by love God I pray God
(11:00):
upon each and every personlistening God you would reveal
yourself your love nature tothem this week help them to grow
in that love understanding ofyour love.
And we thank you for your loveand your grace and your son.
(11:22):
In Jesus' name we pray.
Amen.
This is the Learn to Be Loved Podcast.
My name is Shannon.
Welcome and thank you forjoining with me today.
The last couple of episodes wehave been looking at John 3.16.
(00:24):
It is the most famous Bibleverse.
Everybody knows for God so lovedthe world that he gave his only
begotten son that whosoeverbelieves in him should not
perish but have everlastinglife.
We talked about learning to beloved by God.
(00:45):
We talked about putting yourname in this verse to make it
personal.
We read the scripture in severaldifferent translations to glean
the richness and the fullness ofGod's love.
This week, we're gonna talkabout the word love.
It says, for God so loved.
(01:09):
This word love is also probablyone of the most famous Greek
words.
It's the word agape.
And what agape means in theGreek is to esteem, to love,
indicating a direction of a willand finding one's joy in
something or someone.
(01:31):
It also means to love, to regardwith strong affection.
That's from the complete wordstudy New Testament.
The Lexington Lexicon translatesthis word as to prize, See, this
is no ordinary love.
This is an extraordinary lovethat only God the Father could
(01:55):
give.
And the reason for this is thatthe very definition of God is
love.
God is love.
1 John 4, 8-10 says, If anyonewho does not know love does not
know God, Because God is love.
(02:18):
In this, the love of God wasmade manifest among us, that God
sent his only Son into the worldso that we might live through
him.
In this is love, not that wehave loved God, but that he
loved us and sent his Son to bea propitiation for our sins.
(02:42):
God, the Father, is love.
is not an angry God of the OldTestament.
We need to get this out of ourheads.
God is not some angry God that'slooking for satisfaction or
justice or looking to be paidback.
But God is a God of love.
(03:04):
His very nature is love.
He is defined by love and alllove flows from him.
Everything that is love comesfrom God, and we must find a
place in our lives, in ourhearts, where we receive this
(03:26):
love, where we receive the loveof the Father.
John 16, 27 in the New AmericanStandard Version says, For the
Father himself loves you,because you have loved me and
have believed that I came forthfrom the Father.
(03:46):
John 17, 23-26 says, I in themand you in me, that they may be
perfected in unity.
So that the world may know thatyou sent me and you loved them
as you loved me.
See, this is a profound truth.
(04:10):
God the Father loves you just asmuch as he loves his son.
Can you grasp that?
He esteems you as much as hisson.
He loves you.
His direction of will andfinding joy in you is as much as
(04:33):
he finds joy in his son.
He regards you with the sameaffection as he regards his son.
He prizes you as much as heprizes his son.
He's content with you.
He's happy with you.
Just as happy as he is withJesus.
(04:59):
Continuing in John 17, verse 25,Jesus says, Righteous Father,
although the world has not knownyou, yet I have known you.
And these have known that yousent me.
and I have made your name knownto them and I will make it known
(05:23):
so that the love which you lovedme may be in them.
and i in them so here we havejesus speaking praying to his
father and he says that theworld has not known you not one
prophet not one teacher not onehigh priest not one religious
(05:47):
leader was able to bring a trueand accurate picture of who the
father was all the way from thetime of adam All the way into
the time of Jesus, not oneperson knew the Father truly.
But Jesus said, I come to showthem who you are and who God is.
(06:16):
The God that Jesus showed us wasa God of love, not a God of
wrath, not a God of judgment,not a God of anger.
but a God of love.
He said, I have made your nameknown to them.
So I want you to see that inthis verse, the world says for
(06:43):
God so loved, he had copied theworld.
This is a world that does notknow God, but yet he loves them
anyways.
UNKNOWN (06:57):
And
SPEAKER_00 (06:58):
Jesus knows the exact nature and character of
the Father, and he defined thatas love.
1 Corinthians 13, 4-8 is anotherfamous verse.
And this verse perfectly definesthe nature and the character of
(07:23):
the Father.
It says in verse 4, love ispatient.
Love is kind.
It is not jealous.
Love does not brag, and it isnot arrogant.
It does not act unbecomingly.
It does not seek its own.
It is not provoked, does nottake into account a wrong
(07:49):
suffered.
It does not rejoice inunrighteousness, but rejoices
with the truth.
And I want you to get to know Afather that is patient, a father
(08:18):
that is kind, that is notjealous.
I want you to know a father thatdoesn't brag or is not arrogant
or doesn't act unbecomingly likethe pagan gods.
I want you to know a father thatdoesn't seek his own, that's not
(08:39):
provoked.
I want you to know a God thatdoesn't take account of wrongs
that's been suffered.
I want you to know a God, aFather God, that does not
rejoice in unrighteousness, butrejoices with the truth.
(09:00):
I want you to know a Father thatbears...
all things he believes allthings and he hopes all things
and he endures all things i wantyou to know a father that never
fails i want you to know afather that loves you
(09:23):
passionately anything or anyonewho describes or explains the
character of God and it is notin the context of love, it is a
lie.
See, we have made God into ourown image we made god into an
(09:48):
angry god we made god into anuntrustworthy god into a
temperamental god one that wedon't know if he's happy or he's
not happy we've turned him intothis moody false god but the
true god the god that jesusknows and has come to make known
(10:14):
is a God of restoration, a Godof love.
So for God so loved the world,that's where we're at this week.
I'm gonna close us in prayer andthank you for joining with us
today.
Father God, help us to know whoyou are.
(10:37):
Help us to have a revelationthis week of your love God let
us put away all the false thingsthat we've heard or seen or read
that you are an angry God weknow that's not true father you
are you never fail you aredefined by love God I pray God
(11:00):
upon each and every personlistening God you would reveal
yourself your love nature tothem this week help them to grow
in that love understanding ofyour love.
And we thank you for your loveand your grace and your son.
(11:22):
In Jesus' name we pray.
Amen.
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