16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.  John 3:16

7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.  1 John 4:7-10

A. A Chief Evidence of New Birth and Revival

1. New Birth: The Giving of God’s Love in the Heart: Romans 5:1-5, 1 Peter 1:22-23, 1 Thess. 4:9, 1 Peter 1:8, John 13:34-35

2. The Revived Christian: Recovery of First Love

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B. Seeking Revival: The Motive – God’s Love to Us

1. God’s love declared: Word and Deed: Exodus 15:13, Numbers 14:19, Deuteronomy 7:9, Ezra 3:11,
Nehemiah 1:6, Psalms, Jer. 31:3, Micah 7:18, John 3:16,1 John 4:7-11

2. God’s love demonstrated: Christ’s physical and spiritual sufferings

– Christ’s sufferings were voluntary: John 10:17-18, Eph. 5:25

– Christ’s sufferings were severe: Isaiah 53

– Christ’s sufferings were substitutionary: Isaiah 53:5

a. Christ’s spiritual suffering: The Wilderness temptation: Matthew 4:1-11, 1 Kings 19:5-8

b. Christ’s spiritual suffering: The Garden of Gethsemane: Matthew 26:36-44, Mark 14:32-39, Luke 22:39-44

– Agony of love: Hebrews 5:7

– Submission of love

c. Christ’s spiritual suffering: The Cross

– Suffering of humiliation: Phil. 2:5-8, Matt. 27:39-44, Mark 15:29-32, Luke 23:35-37

– Suffering of abandonment: Matt. 27:45-46

d. Christ’s physical suffering: Mark 15:15-20, John 19:1-3