{ Hillsong Conf 2013: God loves the world – Judah Smith }

·         The bible day, you have a lot of teachers, but you don't have a lot of fathers

·         “For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)

·         “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.” (Romans 5:6, 7)

·         God loves you and knows you by name - God loves people that He knows will never love Him back or acknowledge His sacrifice.

·         Jesus died for the ungodly

·         God is love, and He so love us

·         Love is the very purpose of our creation, and we are the object of God's obsession - He will always watch over us

·         “Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley.” (Hosea 3:1, 2 KJV)

·         In modern society, people believe that love can be purchased, be found in material things. But our God will demonstrate what love is - The earth is The Lord's, but yet He paid a price to redeem what was already His

·         “And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee. For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.” (Hosea 3:3-5 KJV)

·         Hosea: Salvation (Jesus)

·         He finds us, pays the price for us. Jesus Is my Hosea. Nothing needs or can be added. I am complete. The price has been paid.

·         “In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.” (1 John 4:9-11 KJV)

·         For God so love us, let’s start loving the world