1. His love for you is so deep that in his mercy, while you were yet a sinner, God sent his only begotten Son to die for you.
  2. “So loved,” then isn’t about how much but instead simply how.
  3. Zephaniah has given us something more visceral to help us understand the love of God: the sound of salvation.
  4. This week we will take a closer look at God's love in Scripture.
  5. This sermon was originally given at Luther Seminary chapel on May 20, 1986.
  6. Love is pointing to Jesus who said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).
  7. Forty days after giving birth, Mary, along with her husband Joseph, presented their firstborn Son at the temple and "bought" him back with a sacrifice of two small birds. This is known as the "Presentation of Our Lord."
  8. The usual acclamation when one becomes King is: “Long live the King!” But this King of kings, this son of David, has come to die.
  9. God is not calling us to “grow up.” He is calling us to dependence.
  10. It all starts with God; and it all ends with God. He is the alpha and omega of giving and generosity.
  11. Who is God really? He is offensive, anarchic by the world’s standards, and far too gracious to people who don’t deserve his time or attention.
  12. We live again, not so that we will now pay our debt, but to proclaim that we live because our debt was paid!