“Since God is love, He is compelled by his very nature to create so that He can share this love” Gen. 1:1-31
“God saw how good it was.” Gen.1:4,10,12,18,21,25
“God looked at everything that He had made, and found it very good.” Gen. 1:31
MAN REJECTED HIS CREATOR BY SINNING
SIN OF ADAM AND EVE
GENESIS 3:21
GENESIS 4:15
GENESIS 9:1-28
GENESIS 12:1-3
ISAAC, MOSES AND DAVID
GOD WAITS FOR US TO COME BACK TO HIM
GOD’S LOVE FORGIVES
THE PRODIGAL SON
“Father I have sinned against Heaven and against You.” Lk. 15:18
“I no longer deserve to be called your son.” Lk. 15:19a
“Treat me as you would treat one of your hired workers.” Lk. 15:19b
“While he was a long way off, his father caught sight of him.” Lk. 15:20b
GOD’S LOVE a God who is passionately in love with all his children -- those who “leave and return” and those who “stay and obey” a God who will “run out to meet us” whenever we decide to come back to Him a God who will “come out” to comfort and assure us whenever we feel rejected, taken for granted or hurt
GOD’S LOVE REDEEMS
“God’s love is expressed in the offering of his only Son.” St. John Paul II
“For God so loved the world that he gave us His only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.” John 3:16
“In this way the love of God was revealed to us: God sent us His Son into the world so that we might have life through him.” 1 John 4:9
“But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us” Rom 5:8
“Let’s believe in God’s love, and let us be faithful to him. If you look at the cross, you will see His head lowered to kiss you.
You will see His arms stretched out to embrace you. You will see his heart open to welcome you.
He loves us in spite of how poor and sinful we are. His love is true, and we should believe in His love.” Mother Teresa of Calcutta
CONCLUSION GOD’S LOVE IS REFLECTED IN HIS CREATION.
GOD’S LOVE IS DESCRIBED IN THE PARABLE OF THE FATHER AND HIS TWO SONS.
BUT THE FULLEST REVELATION OF GOD’S LOVE IS THE SENDING OF THE SON TO SUFFER AND DIE THAT WE MAY HAVE LIFE ETERNAL