LIMITLESS LOVE #4_THE POWER OF LOVE by Rabbi Brian Bileci_10-22-23

Destiny West Campus Messages with Ps./Rabbi Brian Bileci

“Eternal God of Israel, You are unparalleled among the gods of heaven and earth. You honor Your covenants with Your servants and give LIMITLESS LOYAL LOVE to those who faithfully follow You. - 2 Chronicles 6:14 (VOICE)

“We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.” ~ William E. Gladstone

“Love is within us. It cannot be destroyed. It can be ignored. To the extent that we abandon love we will feel it has abandoned us. Denying love is our only problem, and embracing it is the only answer. Through the power of love, we can let go of past history and begin again. Love heals, forgives, and makes whole.” ~ Ernest Holmes

THE EFFECTS OF LOVE’S POWER:
1. THE POWER OF LOVE CASTS OUT OUR FEARS

For God has not given us a spirit of FEAR, but of POWER and of LOVE and of a SOUND MIND. - 2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)

15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and BELIEVED the LOVE that God has for us. God is LOVE, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in Him. 17 LOVE has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is NO FEAR in LOVE; but perfect LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR, because FEAR involves torment. But he who FEARS has not been made perfect in LOVE. 19 We LOVE Him because He first LOVED us. - 1 John 4:15-19 (NKJV)

2. THE POWER OF LOVE ENERGIES OUR FAITH

…Only FAITH ACTIVATED and ENERGIZED and EXPRESSED and WORKING through LOVE. - Galatians 5:6b (AMPC)

6 There are many amazing working gifts in the church, but it is the same God who ENERGIZES them all in all who have the gifts. 7 Each believer has received a gift that MANIFESTS the Spirit’s POWER and PRESENCE. That gift is given for the good of the whole community. - 1 Corinthians 12:6-7 (VOICE)

LOVE never gives up, never loses FAITH, is always HOPEFUL, and LOVE 8 Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! 9 Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! 10 But when the time of perfection comes, these partial things will become useless…13 Three things will last forever—FAITH, HOPE, and LOVE—and the greatest of these is LOVE. - 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT)

2 We are ever giving thanks to God for all of you, continually mentioning [you when engaged] in our prayers, 3 Recalling unceasingly before our God and Father your work ENERGIZED by FAITH and service MOTIVATED by LOVE and unwavering HOPE in [the return of] our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). - 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 (AMPC)

3. THE POWER OF LOVE FULFILLS THE MISSION OF THE MESSIAH

18 Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority (all POWER of absolute rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me [VOICE: “who has commanded Me to give you this COMMISSION:”]. 19 Go therefore and MAKE DISCIPLES of all the nations [HELP THE PEOPLE to LEARN of Me, BELIEVE in Me, and OBEY My words], baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 TEACHING them to observe everything that I have COMMANDED you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.” - Matthew 28:18-20 (AMP)

22 Whatever we request we receive from him, because we keep His COMMANDMENTS and do what pleases Him. 23 And this is His COMMANDMENT: to believe in the name of His Son, Jesus the Messiah, and to LOVE one another as He COMMANDED us. 24 The person who keeps His COMMANDMENTS abides in God, and God abides in