The Real God - The Love of God, Part 1

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

Living on the Edge

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Could there ever be too much kindness, too much forgiveness, too much love? When was the last time you heard someone say, "Love? I'm good. I really don't need any more."? God's love is infinite. God's love is matchless. God's love is perfect. Join Chip as he defines God's love and what it means.

Introduction - Three facts about love

Fact #1: It’s a universal need - Everyone is looking for love!

Fact #2: There’s a universal solution - God loves all people everywhere and longs to meet the deepest needs of every heart for love!

Fact #3: There’s a tragic disconnection - Even so, most people remain starved for love… for three primary reasons:

They don’t know God loves them.
They know of God’s love, but have not received it.
They have received God’s love, but don’t know how to experience it in daily life.

Love is giving another person what they need the most, when they deserve it the least, at great personal cost.

God reveals His love to us through:

CREATION - He made you for Himself.
PROVIDENCE - He shows His kindness to all.
INCARNATION - He is proactively pursuing you.
DISCIPLINES - He chastises us to protect us from self-destructive behavior.
INDWELLING - He supernaturally pours His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit.
JESUS – The Second Person of the Trinity demonstrated the nature of God’s love for us.

How must we respond to God’s love?

We must RECEIVE IT by faith in our hearts. -John 3:16, 1:12
We must BELIEVE IT by faith in our minds. -1 John 4:13-16, Romans 8:38-39
We must SHARE IT by faith through our choices and decisions. -1 John 3:18

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0:00.0	After food and water, the greatest need in every human heart is to be deeply loved, valued,
0:10.0	and accepted just for who we are. Here's the question. How do you get that kind of love? That's what we'll explore today.
0:18.0	Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chippingroom.
0:25.6	The mission of this daily program is to intentionally disciple Christians through the insightful Bible teaching of Chipping Group.
0:32.6	And in just a minute, he'll continue a series, The Real God.
0:36.6	By digging into the characteristic of God, we tend to focus on the most, his love.
0:41.7	And today, Chip takes us on a journey to better understand and appreciate this attribute
0:45.9	in a way we may never have before.
0:48.8	Well, there's a lot to get to, so let's get going.
0:51.0	Here now is Chip with his message, the love of God. Can you imagine what would happen?
0:56.9	Hypothetically, what if you loved 50% more beginning tomorrow for the rest of your life? Just 50% more.
1:06.0	You loved your friends 50% more. You loved your coworkers 50% more. What if the people sitting down at the
1:12.3	United Nations would just love one another 50% more than they do now? That people would start
1:18.4	forgiving and listening instead of battling and positioning. What would happen if in the Middle East
1:24.4	people from diverse backgrounds would love one another just 50% more? What would happen if in the Middle East, people from diverse backgrounds would love one another just 50% more.
1:30.4	What would happen if in their inner city and in the suburbs, people would love one another
1:35.7	just 50% more?
1:38.6	Can you imagine the difference that it would make in the world?
1:43.0	See, there's an amazing thing going on.
1:46.4	I don't think I could make this statement,
1:49.3	what the world needs now is love, sweet love.
1:53.3	It's what everyone needs, what everyone wants.
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