Theocast
I've Never Known Love Like This
September 14, 2022
Summary
We all tend to buy into the world's definition of love. We view love as transactional. And, if we're honest, love is really about our self-gratification. This understanding of love robs us of true joy in our relationships and it robs us of peace before God. The love of God for us is unconditional, sacrificial, and steadfast. We know what love is by looking to God's love for us. And we love because he first loved us. If we understand these things better, our relationships with one another in the church and in our homes will profit. Jon and Justin talk about these things in today's episode.
Topics
- Episode focus: I've Never Known Love Like This
- We all tend to buy into the world's definition of love
- And, if we're honest, love is really about our self-gratification
- This understanding of love robs us of true joy in our relationships and it robs us of peace before God
- The love of God for us is unconditional, sacrificial, and steadfast
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Transcript
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Hi, this is Justin.
Today on the podcast, we're going to talk about love.
John and I bounced around a bunch of potential titles for this episode that were really cute, catchy, and clever, and we didn't use any of them.
We decided to say that we've never known love like this.
I've never known love like this, is the title of the episode.
We're going to talk about the world's definitions and understandings of love that, as sons and daughters of Adam, we all just kind of naturally, we operate with.
We think of love as transactional, and ultimately it's about our gratification, and it's just going to fall apart for us at some point.
We've all been hurt by it.
We're going to talk about that.
And then we're going to talk about the Bible's definition of love as we consider the love of God for us that is sacrificial, unconditional, and steadfast.
That has all kinds of implications for how we love one another.
We hope this is encouraging and clarifying and liberating for you.
Stay tuned.
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Welcome to Theocast, Encouraging Weary Pilgrims to Rest in Christ: Conversations about the Christian Life from a Confessional, Reformed, and Pastoral Perspective.
Your hosts today coming to you again together from Knoxville, Tennessee.
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