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[0:00] Thank you for choosing to listen to today's message by Reverend Dr. David Entry. We know you will be blessed as you seek and serve God. We believe that this message will stir up a desire for more of God even as you listen.

[0:14] Be blessed. Love. Love. When Jesus resurrected, he asked one of his chief disciples, someone, someone, do you love me more than this?

[0:27] John 21 verse 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. John, Simon, Simon, do you love me more than this? Do you love me more than this?

[0:41] He said, Lord, you know. Simon, Simon, do you love me more than this? Lord, I know that I love thee. He said, feed my lamb.

[0:52] Now, when you are in love, you can't love God and not know. Can I say that again?

[1:02] You can't love God and not know. When you love him, he said, Lord, you know. I do. When you love God, you know you do.

[1:14] Romans chapter 8 verse 35 says that nothing can separate us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

[1:28] Tribulation. No amount of trouble will be able to disconnect you from the love you have for Christ. Tribulation. Distress.

[1:39] Persecution. Famine. Nakedness. Or peril. Or sword. Even when it comes to the subject of faith, for your faith to work, Bible says in Galatians chapter 5 verse 6, that faith works by love.

[1:54] Let's all say that together. Faith works by love. Please say it again a bit louder. Faith works by love. And so faith, you see, faith which works through love.

[2:06] Can you say works by love? So your love for God, sir, ma, your love for God is so crucial for what God can do for you.

[2:19] Romans 8 verse 6. Romans 8 again 28. All things work together for good. To those who are called according to, sorry, to those who love God and are called according to his purpose.

[2:36] My brothers and sisters, this subject of love for God, it's so fundamental. Fundamental in how far you can go with God.

[2:47] It's so fundamental. It's so fundamental. This subject of love for God. So faith works by love. All things work together for good.

[3:02] To those who love the Lord and are called according to his purpose. And 1 Corinthians chapter 2 verse 9 said, No eye has seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of any man.

[3:18] The things that God has prepared for those who love him. God has prepared something.

[3:29] And he said what he has prepared is beyond what people can imagine. Keep loving God and let them see the outcome of your life. It's colorful. Keep loving God.

[3:41] Make yourself a God addict. Make yourself a God lover. Not just a church attendee. But you're a lover.

[3:51] But Jesus counted loving him so important. He said, do you love me? Do you love me? Do you love me? Do you love me? I wonder what answer he would get in reality if God asked you, do you love me?

[4:05] Prove your love. Do you love me? Do you love me? Some of us have gotten to a stage in our lives and come to a place in our lives that whether he does anything, he doesn't do anything, we are sold out to him.

[4:20] All things work together for good. And then he says that, no eye has seen, no ear heard, nor has he entered into the heart of man, what the Lord has prepared for those who love him.

[4:34] Ask someone, do you love him? Do you love him? Ask another person. Do you love the Lord? Do you love the Lord? This year, one, thank you Jesus.

[4:48] Instead of having it as a big dream, to buy a car, to buy a house, at the top, that your love for God will be constant.

[5:00] That's when you can see people who are Christians. Love. How beautiful would it be?

[5:10] Oh Lord, that I will love you constantly, better than I have ever throughout the year. Oh Lord, when you are praying, oh Lord, that I will love you.

[5:21] Oh Lord, that I will love you more. Oh Lord, that I will love you more. I will love you more. I will love you to any length. I will love you.

[5:33] I will love you. Because when you love God, all things work together for good for you. It's not those who pray that all things work together for good for you.

[5:44] It's those who love the Lord. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Alright.

[5:56] Is someone learning something? Yes. Signs of genuine love for God. Signs. Peter, do you love it?

[6:06] Let's look at the signs that show you love God. Lovest thou me? Sign of genuine love. Number one, love for his word. You come to church, you sleep like an anaconda who has swallowed the whole rabbit.

[6:22] You don't sleep when we are praying. You don't sleep when we are dancing. You don't sleep when they are doing, they are acting.

[6:34] When the choir sits, your eyes are wide open. Like a koala. Like whoo. As soon as the preaching starts, your eyes begin to go.

[6:48] Sam 119 verse 97. Sam 119 verse 97.

[7:02] Have you noticed that sometimes you can watch movies for a long, the whole night, even though you have not slept on? Yeah. You can move it because it's exciting.

[7:13] Yeah. Verse 79 says, Oh, how I love thy law. It is my meditation all day.

[7:28] Thou through thy commandments have made me wiser than mine enemies, for they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for thy testimonies are my meditation.

[7:43] That's what is on my mind. It's always on my mind. Tell God, God, your testimonies are always on my mind. Hallelujah. I have more understanding than the testimonies are my meditation.

[7:57] Verse 100 says that, I understand more than the ancients because I keep thy precepts. You're weird. You're weird.

[8:08] Psalm 119 verse 162. I like that one. I really do. I really do. I really do. I rejoice at that word as one that find it great spoil.

[8:23] Do you know what spoil is? Like you go to the shop and you go and see very expensive things. They have just slashed it 90% off. Hey. You have bought it and they gave you a stock card that day.

[8:40] And they took some 10% off again. Hey. And when you are leaving the shop, you know sometimes you go and you can't walk. The bags are just not even heavy.

[8:50] They are just getting in their way because they are all over. Yeah. It said, I delight in your word like someone who has found great spoil. When I come to church and I'm leaving, it's like I've gone for shopping and I've got deals.

[9:04] I delight. I delight. I delight. I delight in your word. Like someone who has found great spoil. Real spoil actually means when people go to war and the enemies have run away and they've left their cars, their horses, their money, their gold.

[9:20] That is their spoil. That is even better than sale. Something you didn't pay for. Spoil. And he said that your word is like great spoil to me if I get it. You love God, number one sign is your affinity, your heart, your love for his word.

[9:39] That's why if you don't love, if you don't have interest in his word, it tells me a lot. Number two, oh, oh, if you love God, sign that you love God is delight some obedience.

[9:53] When God speaks to you, you are actually happy to obey. When you love God, you obey him with delight. Amen. 1 John 5.3. John 14.21.

[10:10] Now, let's jump to 1 John 5.3 first. 1 John 5.3. Thank you, Jesus. That's already out. Let's go. But it is in the love of God that we keep his commandments and his commandments are not previous.

[10:26] It is not to hurt you. His commandments will hurt you. Don't mind unbelievers. This is the love of God that we keep his commandments. You love God, but you are not taking his instructions.

[10:39] In 1 John 14.21. He says that he that has my commandments and keepeth them.

[10:50] He is that loveth me. Is this love? Is this love? Sheep talk without corresponding obedience.

[11:03] No backing obedience to prove the love. Psalm 1, 1, 2, verse 1 to 3. You can actually put it 1, 2, 3.

[11:15] It's the same as 1, 2, 3. Let's not read it from the screen, please. Let's go. Praise to you, Lord. Let us disemount that fear of the Lord.

[11:26] And to God's great deeds in his commandments. God delights greatly in his commandments. You are interested in what God has got to say and tell you. You are in love with somebody.

[11:37] Your emotions are gone. But still, you are interested in what God has. If God said no, you just pull out. If you love God, you truly delight in his commandments.

[11:49] There are some believers who don't like what God has got to say. They fear the commandments of God. They learn to run far, as far away as possible. That's why some people will never come around church because they know God is going to speak to them.

[12:03] That's why some people will not come. Third sign. What's the first sign? Love for his word. Second sign.

[12:14] Delights to obedience. It's the last one of Isaiah 119. It said, if you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land. Number three. Huh? Huh?

[12:24] I like this one. Actually, I like all of them, you know. Oh, yeah. This is nice. Oh, yeah. Love for his house. You love God?

[12:38] It will always play out in the... Brothers and sisters. This is what people haven't realized. I was... I had always been doing what I'm doing.

[12:50] Passionately for God. Before I became a pastor. So, becoming a pastor didn't change anything. It didn't... There was no switch. The one day, now I become a pastor.

[13:02] So, now. No. The same way. If I wasn't a pastor and I'm asked to preach, this is the same way I'll preach. If we're doing... This is the same way I will do it. I told you, praise and worship.

[13:13] I'll be jumping and... I feel this God thing is eating me so much. I feel anything I have to do. It's like someone who is sick. You know? I'm asking for Jesus. Jesus. So, it isn't like you look for a box to tick so you become a man of God.

[13:30] There's no such box that you can keep ticking and end up becoming a man of God. You will be... You are one before he shows up. You will end up ticking boxes without realizing you have actually ticked a box.

[13:48] You won't look for a box to tick. You are just all out. For his house. Psalm 1, 2, 2, verse 1. The previous one was 1, 1, 2.

[14:00] This one is 1, 2, 2. Let's all read the alarm from the screen, please. As God has said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord. He's a God lover. We have service.

[14:17] If you love God, you will love his church. Let me... Psalm 84, verse 10. Psalm 84, verse 10.

[14:31] Let's look at verse 1 instead. Verse 1 and then we go to verse 10. How a mere bowl, a mere bowl, ah, die, tabernacle.

[14:44] Oh, Lord of... He said, I found your house so sweet and nice and pleasant. Oh, I miss church. How many of you sometimes miss church? I do. I do.

[14:56] Miss church. It's not just the music. There's something. I love to be in your presence with your people singing praises. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.

[15:07] I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. Oh, pastor, I was late so I didn't come.

[15:17] He said, I'll be a doorkeeper. Let me come and be at the door. I love your house too much. I do not want to be late. I don't want to stay out. Because he said that being late at the gate is better than a thousand days elsewhere.

[15:30] Look at that. It's actually a thousand days elsewhere. It's not equivalent. When you put a thousand days on one side of the scale and put it just at the door of God's house.

[15:41] On the other side, it will be like... A thousand days elsewhere will be so light. Do you love the Lord?

[15:52] Faith works by love. All things work together for good to those who love the Lord. No eye has seen what God has prepared for those who love Him. Your love question is important.

[16:04] If you don't answer that life question right this year, I can't guarantee that God would be able to favor you that much. Because the things are stored up for those who love Him. I pray that may God help us to love Him.

[16:18] And walk in undying love for Jesus. Did you receive something? Put your hands together for now. We thank God for using the servant, Reverend Dr. David Andrew, to share this awesome word.

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[16:49]  Stay blessed. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.