Reality 2 – God pursues a continuing love relationship with you that is real and personal
Christianity isn’t merely a religion, it’s a personal relationship with a Person. God created humans for a love relationship with Him (Mark 12:30). He pursues a love relationship with us. He did this by sending His Son, Jesus (John 3:16). God demonstrated this when he invited Moses into a personal relationship with Him. God interrupted his plans by engaging with him through a burning bush while he was tending sheep. This relationship was practical and God used Moses to lead his people out of slavery.
A divine joy comes from a deep, unwavering relationship with the Father. This makes me want a deeper relationship with God so I can experience this joy. I can best do this by reading about God in scripture. I am thankful to be doing this Experiencing God study with my community. God pursued me during the darkest times of my life. He never gave up on me and Experiencing God is helping me learn and grow closer to Him.
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
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