A Father’s Wisdom and Love
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It is an honor for my very first Father’s Day, as an expecting dad, to give the lesson this morning. Preparing for today brought back memories of working alongside my father in our family restaurant. I can still hear him warning me, “Be careful grabbing those pots— they can burn you.” Sure enough, one day I learned that lesson the hard way. I burned my hand so badly that I ended up sitting in the walk-in freezer for ten minutes, pressing my blistered hand against the icy walls. I had always known pots could get hot—but after that, I really knew. There’s a big difference between simply knowing something and truly understanding it through experience.
In the same way, we often sing “Jesus loves me” in worship. But do we really know what that means—not just in our minds, but deep in our hearts? 1 John 4:7-21 paints a powerful picture of what God’s love looks like, and what kind of people we become when we truly grasp that we are loved by Him. In today’s lesson, we are going to explore what pure love really looks like and attributes that come with knowing we are loved by God. My hope is that this message renews your joy and strengthens your assurance in God’s love—a love that is complete, constant, and absolutely certain.
– Adam Gomez
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