Divine Love Unveiled - Ephesians 3:14-19

Transformative Truth: 
Divine love is revealed and expressed by Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Paul prays
(1) That God might strengthen us with power through his Spirit in our inner being (Ephesians 3:6-17a)
(2) That we might have power to grasp the limitless dimensions of the love of Christ (Ephesians 3:17b-19)

Divine Love is revealed and expressed by Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

First, to live with an ever-increasing awareness of Divine Love, Consider: Triune love Exists 
 
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.  Deuteronomy 6:4)

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.  2 Corinthians 13:14

WBC doctrinal statement He (God) is inexpressibly glorious in holiness, and worthy of all honor, confidence, and love. He eternally exists in three persons, who are equal in every divine perfection, and who execute distinct but harmonious roles in the work of creation, providence and redemption.

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.  1 John 4:8 

"It is common when speaking of the Divine happiness to say that God is infinitely happy in the enjoyment of Himself, in perfectly beholding and infinitely loving, and rejoicing in, His own essence and perfection..."  (Jonathan Edwards)

And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;  and behold, a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased." Matthew 3:16-17

Second, to live with an ever-increasing awareness of Divine Love, Consider: Triune love is Expressed

"His self-giving affection for his image-bearing creatures and his unselfish concern for their well-being, that leads him to act on their behalf and for their happiness and welfare " 

The God who is love - is the Father who sends his Son.
 
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly (Son) Romans 5:6

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Father) Romans 5:8

And when he (the Holy Spirit) comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment.... (John 16:8 )

Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.  That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.  John 3:5 

You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. Colossians 2:13-14, NLT

Third, to live with an ever-increasing awareness of Divine Love, Consider: Triune love is Extended

In other words, the shape of the Father-Son relationship (the headship) begins a gracious cascade, like a waterfall of love: as the Father is the lover and the head of the Son, so the Son goes out to be the lover and the head of the church. "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you," the Son says (Jn 15:9). And therein lies the very goodness of the gospel: as the Father is the lover and the Son the beloved, so Christ becomes the lover and the church the beloved. That means that Christ loves the church first and foremost: his love is not a response, given only when the church loves him; his love comes first, and we only love him because he first loved us (1 John 4:19)

Divine Love is revealed and expressed by Father, Son, and Holy Spirit