{"id":291,"date":"2015-12-13T11:40:14","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T17:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=291"},"modified":"2016-05-31T13:54:34","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T18:54:34","slug":"love-came-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=291","title":{"rendered":"Love Came Down (God is Love)"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-291-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12-13-15.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12-13-15.mp3\">http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12-13-15.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><b>Love came down to _____________________________among us.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Jesus manifests God&#8217;s love.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>1 John 4:9\u00a0In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that\u00a0God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.<\/p>\n<p><b>Love came down to be an ____________________________________.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Jesus teaches us how to live.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>1 John 2:6 &#8230;whoever says he\u00a0abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.<\/p>\n<p><b>Love came down to _______________________________________ us from sin.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Jesus is the atoning sacrifice.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Hebrews 9:12 &#8230;he\u00a0entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.<\/p>\n<p><b>Love came down to _____________________________our relationship with God.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Jesus is the propitiation for our sins.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>1 John 4:10\u00a0In this is love,\u00a0not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.<\/p>\n<p><b>Love came down to __________________________________ us.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Jesus changes our lives now and forever.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>John 5:24\u00a0 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.<\/p>\n<p><b>2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Merry Christmas! 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