What was the power of Christ’s look to Peter after he had denied the LORD? And are you and I looking to the LORD to see His look to us? Are we resting in and trusting the unconditional love of God for us as believers?
0:00 – Text – Luke 22.31ff, The Look of Love
1:52 – Do you see your spiritual poverty?
5:41 – Illustration – Child trying to gain parents’ approval by their own power.
7:45 – Many believers struggle with God’s unconditional love.
8:27 – Peter struggled with grasping the unconditional love of God.
15:23 – Peter’s pride blinded him.
16:48 – Are you wrongly trying to gauge your love for Christ?
24:11 – Consider Peter’s conversion and experience of God’s love.
25:11 – Having objective knowledge that God loves me.
27:30 – Having God’s experiential love.
32:00 – Faith that God loves you without experiencing God’s love.
33:46 – The Pharisees’ mistake towards the Scriptures…
36:03 – Peter’s conversion.
44:32 – What was the power of Christ’s look to Peter?
48:07 – John Newton – Looking to the cross.
49:39 – This love is more than a theological fact lodged in your brain.
50:30 – How can I experience this love?
59:01 – One final note–Peter turned and looked at Jesus.
1:02:11 – Closing prayer.
