There is a television show that one of those reality shows, a group of builders who find a family that is in desperate need, and they build them a palatial house, a magnificent house.

They could be living in a shack that's falling apart,

but by the time these builders finish, it is not a shack anymore. They could be living three or four kids in a room, and could be some of those houses health hazards. But by the time

this team of builders finished, the new house, it becomes a mansion. It becomes a palatial house.

Design of furniture. Exterior and interior interior designs, lavished attention is given to the needs

of that family, in fact, even to the hobbies of those kids. Lavish living, period.

What takes place is nothing short of a transformation. Some may even call it extravagance.

And in every case, the camera is very pointed to capture the utter amazement on the part of the recipient family.

The camera is always anxious to reveal the depth of emotions on the part of the recipient family

and the heart of gratitude and the thankfulness on the part of the recipient family. The camera always ready

to reveal that overwhelming sense of thankfulness and appreciation by the recipient family.

Of course, it's impossible to know how long that feeling of appreciation, that feeling of

thankfulness lasts, but that's beside the point.

For some, I'm sure, it'll be a long time, for others, probably for a lifetime. But that does not

even come close to how lavished we are by the love of the Father.

And I want you to turn, if you haven't already, to 1 John, Chapter 3.

That word lavish love of the Father is the most incredible word.

And here's what John is saying.

You want a literal translation, okay?

Look! Did I startle you? Good. How great is the love of the father has lavished on us that we should be called the children of God. What John is saying is this,

that God's love is so radical, that God's love is so

extravagant, that God's love is so lavishing, that God's love is so extreme in its nature,

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