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  THE SPIRIT ALSO LOVES YOU!
  by Theodore Epp
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the love of the Holy Spirit and its vital
role in our salvation and transformation into Christ's image.

Topics: "Spiritual Transformation", "The Love of the Holy Spirit"
Scripture References: John 3:16, Romans 15:30, Galatians 5:22, Philippians 2:5-8

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Theodore Epp emphasizes the profound love of the Holy Spirit,
illustrating that He is a Person with emotions who actively loves and
influences us. Romans 15:30 highlights the Spirit's love, urging
believers to pray together, while the sermon connects this love to the
love of the Father and the Son, as seen in John 3:16 and Philippians
2:5-8. Epp points out that the Holy Spirit not only seeks us in our sin
but also regenerates and transforms us upon our acceptance of Christ.
The sermon concludes by affirming that our spiritual salvation is deeply
rooted in the love of the Holy Spirit, alongside the love of the Father
and the Son. Ultimately, the fruit of the Spirit is love, as stated in
Galatians 5:22.

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Romans 15:30-33

The Holy Spirit is a Person because He has emotions. He has the ability
to love. Romans 15:30 says, "Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord
Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive
together with me in your prayers to God for me." This teaches us that
the Holy Spirit has the capacity to love. He not only influences us to
love, but He also loves us.

John 3:16 reveals that God the Father loves us. Philippians 2:5-8
describes how the Lord Jesus Christ loved us personally by making
Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a servant and becoming
obedient to death on the cross. There is no question about His love for
us.

Neither is there any question about the Holy Spirit's love for us. He
patiently seeks us when we are in sin and away from God, and when we
trust Christ as Saviour, He regenerates us and begins to transform us
into the image of God's Son.

If the Father had not loved the world, if the Son had not loved us and
died for us, if the Holy Spirit had not loved us, convicted us and
transformed us, where would we be spiritually today? Our salvation
depends as much on the love of the Spirit as it does on the love of the
Father and of the Son.

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love" (Gal. 5:22).

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