Self-giving Love

Every grandiose scenario imagined for the arrival of Messiah was eclipsed by the Father. The poverty and obscurity, the no-name couple, Galileans of all disqualifying things, the lack of royal preparations and announcement, none of these things corresponded with Jewish thinking. His would not be a love seeking national sovereignty but spiritual liberation. His would not be a love that strutted about boasting, ‘Here I am!’ His would not be a love commanding armies. Rather, his would be a love of seeing eternal souls set free from sin and death. His would be a self-giving love, and that love would promote self-giving love.

John 3:1-21, John 15:9-13, John 13:12-17, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

• John 3:1-21 – Love’s __________________________________________________
• John 15:9-13 – Love’s _________________________________________________
• John 13:12-17, 1 Cor. 13:1-13 – Love’s __________________________________