SERMON NOTES

Love God

November 1, 2026

“God loves you. God is on your side. God is coming after you. God is relentless.”

“O sinner! The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked. His wrath towards you burns like fire.” – Jonathan Edwards

1 John 4:7-19 (CEB)

“Dear friends, let’s love each other, because love is from God, and everyone who loves is born from God and knows God. The person who doesn’t love does not know God, because God is love… God is love, and those who remain in love remain in God and God remains in them… We love because God first loved us.” 1 John 4:7, 8, 16b, 19 (CEB)

God is Love

“God’s love is meteoric, his loyalty astronomic, His purpose titanic, his

verdicts oceanic. Yet in his largeness nothing gets lost; Not a man, not a mouse, slips through the cracks. How exquisite your love, O God! How eager we are to run under your wings, To eat our fill at the banquet you spread as you fill our tankards with Eden spring water. You’re a fountain of cascading light, and you open our eyes to light.” - Psalm 36:5-9 (MSG)