Understanding God's Love | Tony Evans Sermon

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  • Dr. Tony Evans continues on preaching about God's attributes, this week focusing on the love of God. The Bible tells us that God is love but what does that mean? How do we understand God's love?
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    Dr. Tony Evans is the founder and senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, founder and president of The Urban Alternative and author of over 100 books, booklets and Bible studies. The first African American to earn a doctorate of theology from Dallas Theological Seminary, he has been named one of the 12 Most Effective Preachers in the English-Speaking World by Baylor University. Dr. Evans holds the honor of writing and publishing the first full-Bible commentary and study Bible by an African American. His radio broadcast, The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, can be heard on over 1,400 radio outlets daily and in more than 130 countries. Dr. Evans’ sermons are also streamed and downloaded over 20,000,000 times annually.
    The Urban Alternative is a Christian Bible teaching and resource ministry founded 39 years ago by Dr. Tony Evans. We aim to spread the teaching of God’s Word through Christian media with the goal of transforming lives. We offer sermons, sermon outlines, books, prayers, Bible studies and more on topics such as Christian living, marriage, discipleship, and spiritual growth, as taught by Tony Evans.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 719

  • @mariesmiley3418
    @mariesmiley3418 23 дні тому +2

    YES AND AMEN LORD IN 2024

  • @Samaria754
    @Samaria754 2 роки тому +14

    So I have this testimony. I believed in God but I did very little to acknowledge Jesus.
    I knew Jesus is the Son of God but I doubted his existence. Then and there I was filled with fear, shame and anxiety. I was terrified.
    So I asked Jesus if I was doing it wrong and how to make it right. I believe, help my unbelief. And Jesus restored my faith in Him. He answered through Tom Evans message power of unbelief.
    I am not going to miss salvation. Jesus has restored all the spiritual weapons in my life which Paul was talking about.
    Jesus is the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE.

  • @KrissyJay777
    @KrissyJay777 4 дні тому

    This is so beautiful my God I just thank you!! Wow!!
    Many blessings to you Pastor Evans, I am so grateful that I was able to a part of your ministry as a young child.
    It's so edifying to see how God loves you so much on how immaculate you teach His word.
    Glory! HalleluYah!

  • @GermanRed84
    @GermanRed84 Рік тому +75

    I cried out to the Lord because I never really experienced love and don't know how to and not even 2 hrs later I come across this. Prayers are answered quick. Thank you God! I never heard a sermon like this one.. I will listen to this a couple of times again and again. Thank you for your service, Sir. God bless you 🙏🏽.

    • @bestmimi
      @bestmimi Рік тому +5

      Learning to love others; strangers, homeless people starts with praying for these people. Praying for hundreds and thousands who suffer from disorders, diseases. When you sit in a parking lot and start praying for that one there, that pedestrian… you’ll love people then when you start somewhere and continue it daily. God will bless you richly when you love others.

    • @alicejones2342
      @alicejones2342 10 місяців тому +1

      Amen!

    • @GideonPeter7
      @GideonPeter7 4 місяці тому +1

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @NotSoUselessFacts
      @NotSoUselessFacts 3 місяці тому +1

      Beautiful! Amen!

  • @pablogomez3471
    @pablogomez3471 4 роки тому +135

    This sermon changed my life ❤

    • @valeriewilliams314
      @valeriewilliams314 3 роки тому +4

      Praise His name!

    • @ibperson7765
      @ibperson7765 Рік тому

      Yeah great. Except that God ordained the fall for a greater end; He didnt respond to fix it afterward.

  • @anitachapa4147
    @anitachapa4147 13 днів тому

    Amen 💝 🙏

  • @tumelomatlou7947
    @tumelomatlou7947 7 місяців тому +9

    I used to struggle with loving humans/people, and myself... I used to even struggle with understand His love for me. This year God called me to Him and helped me see love around me using my sister and friends. I have never been this close to Him before and when I tell you I've never felt so loved, that I am even loving myself. Even friends I haven't seen in a while say I am so loving these days it weirded them out. I am learning to love people, I never thought I'd be able to. Glory be unto God, our wonderful Father.❤

  • @bobbydelarosa5059
    @bobbydelarosa5059 2 роки тому +39

    PLEASE PRAY FOR MY SISTER AND THAT SHE HAS MORE FAITH IN GOD✝️👑

  • @user-yl9ck9ob5t
    @user-yl9ck9ob5t 4 роки тому +265

    I’ve never heard this guy but man oh man this message was 🔥 as the youngins say

  • @lindajones627
    @lindajones627 4 місяці тому +2

    Love is long-suffering
    Love is omnipotent
    Love is victorious
    Love is eternal

  • @scottking713
    @scottking713 3 роки тому +7

    God so loved the World that He stooped down to our level by becoming one of us to show us exactly what's it's like to live like we were created in His image that we might step up to His level and live as we were intended to live all along. Amen

  • @zenaidawilson7058
    @zenaidawilson7058 7 місяців тому

    Amen 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾

  • @brendaruscigno3006
    @brendaruscigno3006 3 роки тому +30

    The devil cant “make” us mean and “nasty” he can only label us with those labels. HALLELUJAH!!

  • @thandongcobo9289
    @thandongcobo9289 Місяць тому

    Like- is a feeling
    Love(agape)- a decision to compassionately, righteously, responsibly seek the best for one another

  • @bobbysims338
    @bobbysims338 4 роки тому +88

    Thank u Father God for u and Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit

  • @TheCeceSmiley
    @TheCeceSmiley 4 роки тому +520

    I have just given my life to Christ recently and something God has been wanting me to understand is His Love. If you don’t understand God’s Love it is going to be very hard for you to put your faith in Him.

    • @elleruach2301
      @elleruach2301 4 роки тому +23

      Thank you for saying that. I think that's what I'm experiencing right now. I'm having a big faith crisis and when I get down to it I'm scared to trust that God loves me. Terrified.

    • @sullyvynsilas9340
      @sullyvynsilas9340 4 роки тому +9

      Just a little but huge correction you do not give your life to Christ but receive Life from him because he died so that his life can be your life because we had died in sin and had no life of our own.

    • @somethingwitty2188
      @somethingwitty2188 4 роки тому +1

      How's your walk going?

    • @somethingwitty2188
      @somethingwitty2188 4 роки тому +14

      @@sullyvynsilas9340 you still make a decision to surrender let's not minimize her confession to play games with eloquent speech as Paul said. ;)

    • @sullyvynsilas9340
      @sullyvynsilas9340 4 роки тому +12

      @@somethingwitty2188 no no how can i minimize such a huge thing/decision, i pray that that she stays strong and is strengthened so we can all be together in the kingdom of our Lord.

  • @mildredsanders9042
    @mildredsanders9042 9 місяців тому +3

    Teach me to Love like you Jesus ❤

  • @nightingale2977
    @nightingale2977 Рік тому +13

    I can speak with the tongue of man and angels but if I don’t have love I’m just a clanging symbol! This is a message that needs to be preached every Sunday nowadays… we in the body of Christ really don’t know what it means to truly love like God. I love this man so much ❤ I pray I get to sit in his congregation one of these days 😢🙌🏾🙌🏾

  • @toddhayes3506
    @toddhayes3506 9 місяців тому

    HalleluYah Amen Blessed

  • @AjHovsepian-ni6yc
    @AjHovsepian-ni6yc 10 місяців тому

    Amen 🙏 brother

  • @nereida116
    @nereida116 11 місяців тому +4

    I so dislike the ads during a sermon- especially a powerful sermon as this one. Thank you Lord for Your Word!

  • @KarenRicks-jf8sw
    @KarenRicks-jf8sw 6 місяців тому

    God is love 😚😘

  • @julianagbe2342
    @julianagbe2342 Рік тому +5

    Amen 🙏 🙏
    I am blessed 🙌

  • @alberts2331
    @alberts2331 2 роки тому +65

    33:30 is the key to this. Love and truth must go together. You don’t love someone by going against God’s word. You love them by supporting God’s word.

    • @ZenZedBodyShop
      @ZenZedBodyShop Рік тому

      Very true

    • @CRUISERJ1
      @CRUISERJ1 Рік тому +1

      I have always understood it that Love and Truth are one in the same, another words, Synonymous. My understanding of the very words we get from the Gospels when the Christ spoke the words; "I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE". The translation for my understanding is that he basically said that he is God, by using the name of God , he then lets us know that he is Love in the same sentence. After listening to this great message from Tony Evans, it truly helps to confirm what we already know in our Faith, Love, and Hope , The Way to an eternal Truth and Love with our creator is to follow or at least seek out Love. That can only be found from one source. The Christ.

  • @stevenjohnson8397
    @stevenjohnson8397 2 роки тому +1

    Thank You

  • @lazaralamas3958
    @lazaralamas3958 Рік тому

    AMEN!

  • @katherineakuakyerewaah8237
    @katherineakuakyerewaah8237 10 місяців тому

    Powerful preacher

  • @user-ic4ru6vx3q
    @user-ic4ru6vx3q 8 місяців тому

    All I want to say is thankuu Pastor Tony

  • @AngelEduria-dw9di
    @AngelEduria-dw9di 4 місяці тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @cairozulu6700
    @cairozulu6700 3 роки тому +38

    Thank you pastor Evans for such a powerful message of God's love. God bless you.

    • @JMJF55
      @JMJF55 3 роки тому

      How do you personally show God your love?

  • @Ms_Myrl
    @Ms_Myrl 2 роки тому +7

    Thank you✝️🙏🙌🏼 Thank God for your Word and teaching today🙌🏼 please God continue to use Tony Evans to teach the masses and help us to hear and receive your Word in Jesus name ✝️🙏 Awesome message! God is love!

  • @ceefears9722
    @ceefears9722 2 роки тому

    Hello the plain Truth praise God

  • @ToniePerkins-dq4ti
    @ToniePerkins-dq4ti 9 місяців тому

    God is love I wish him

  • @DA-jw4lx
    @DA-jw4lx Рік тому +2

    That's a good one...God's going to treat us the way we treat others....wow.

  • @jakeyboy7779
    @jakeyboy7779 3 роки тому +80

    "God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them." (1 John 4:16) I love this message. God bless you all ❤️

    • @myhassles3614
      @myhassles3614 2 роки тому +2

      Do you want to understand more of Gods love. Obey your spirit blindly, as a child does their parents. And have faith and trust in God that He wont lead you down the wrong path. It will build your faith to the max and you may learn to have mercy on all.

    • @trvp_biggucci9226
      @trvp_biggucci9226 Рік тому

      I gotta mental problem i
      Hope God Make it go away please get negative thoughts away from my head it's the worst,God watched me since a baby boy and he never helped I love him so much how come he ain't fight a great fight for me, How come I ain't gotta better understanding in life for God, God why do you put your strongest Soldiers through so much they say the strong only survive so was i created to be weak or what god created me how was I created to be weak. Strength is God how come I ain't got strength like on some God Level type of stuff I can't be bigger than God because he's the Greatest is it hard being God I'm always praying though it's hard to battle I'm like God it's very hard,It's easy to do Evil stuff but it's very hard to Positive things even when I went to church it hurt my body when I'm praising God so hard my body starts to hurt really really bad

    • @trvp_biggucci9226
      @trvp_biggucci9226 Рік тому

      So you telling me David dropped bodies but it say though shall not kill , steal or destroy in the bible,but David dropped bodies for God

    • @trvp_biggucci9226
      @trvp_biggucci9226 Рік тому

      I went to a Baptist church and my body was hurting when I was praising God hard it hurted really really bad clapping my hands hard very hard

    • @jakeyboy7779
      @jakeyboy7779 Рік тому +1

      @@trvp_biggucci9226 stuff like this confuses me as well. I try to not look at the Bible as completely inerrant and perfect, though, I believe Jesus is the true and perfect revelation of God and He preached nothing but pure love - that’s what I believe. And what’s so incredibly reassuring is, Jesus assured everyone that the Father loves us all dearly and cares for us - even when we can’t see it. I assure you friend, God is with you always, and loves you so much. ❤️ You are amazing dear sibling, so much love from afar, from my heart, truly

  • @tomhibbeln3431
    @tomhibbeln3431 2 роки тому

    Truth!

  • @jailindamon
    @jailindamon Рік тому +1

    This was Great

  • @skylarboone6217
    @skylarboone6217 Рік тому +1

    God never been alone that made me cry

  • @jonathanbenisrael2501
    @jonathanbenisrael2501 3 роки тому +9

    1 John 5:3
    “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.”

  • @AnthonyLegaspiofficial
    @AnthonyLegaspiofficial 4 роки тому +18

    Oh PRAISE GOD! THANK YOU LORD FOR CHOOSING ME TO BE PART OF THIS GREAT LOVE AFFAIR.

  • @carmelariley9491
    @carmelariley9491 Рік тому +1

    PREACHHHHHHHHH IT!!!! DR EVANS!!!!
    THIS IS GOOD!!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @CT-uq8bw
    @CT-uq8bw Рік тому +2

    It’s not selfish to love yourself. Before you even bring the trinity up, God wants us to love ourselves first. You have to love yourself before you can ever love anyone else. He was teaching us self love first, by being love and not having anyone else because he is love and self love is love. Then you can move on to loving someone else, but self love comes first. God is great❤

    • @Now7518
      @Now7518 4 місяці тому

      So very true❗️

  • @cac.kwhbpw
    @cac.kwhbpw Рік тому +3

    Yes!!! Loving the way God loves is the only way! Lord, thank you for this gift; help us to stay in this place of love!

  • @andimedrano7931
    @andimedrano7931 Рік тому

    I love you Tony

  • @frankieclayton9303
    @frankieclayton9303 Рік тому +3

    I was just studying and meditating on love scripture yesterday the Holy Spirit was dealing with me about love as well as unconditional love

  • @frankieclayton9303
    @frankieclayton9303 Рік тому +2

    Amen in your actions living it as Jesus christ teaches us to do

  • @louisianaq4192
    @louisianaq4192 9 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @stephenyoung6093
    @stephenyoung6093 9 місяців тому

    Amen

  • @edithbrooks2750
    @edithbrooks2750 2 роки тому +1

    Hallelujah 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾❤️🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾❤️

  • @annetterivers6042
    @annetterivers6042 3 роки тому +5

    One of your greatest sermons nothing is greater than Love !! God bless you pastor Evans 🙏🏾

  • @Michael7777777ism
    @Michael7777777ism Рік тому +1

    Amazing....Pure and Simple....

  • @verompakanyane7892
    @verompakanyane7892 3 роки тому +9

    Right now, I intentionally choose to hang out with Love, Abba God🙌🙌🙌🙏❤️

  • @lifeplus4757
    @lifeplus4757 2 роки тому +6

    Lord send your love into my life in every area in Jesus name.

  • @leonorsilva8370
    @leonorsilva8370 2 роки тому +4

    God is love and he is sooo good. I love God. ❤

  • @nadracreighton5714
    @nadracreighton5714 3 роки тому +11

    Stand up for the truth, not the culture! Amén 🙏🏾

  • @discipleofchrist8658
    @discipleofchrist8658 2 роки тому +12

    Praise God I'm from Assam India serving Jesus Christ in Assam pray for Assam to be save ❤️

  • @andrewnguyen9155
    @andrewnguyen9155 2 роки тому +3

    Amen ! Hallelujah ! Our God is love !

  • @johnhenderson3353
    @johnhenderson3353 Рік тому

    Love Conquers All

  • @ToniePerkins-dq4ti
    @ToniePerkins-dq4ti 9 місяців тому

    God is love 💕 my in my heart

  • @Vocaldine
    @Vocaldine 4 місяці тому

    Wonderful! On point!

  • @carlajackson5169
    @carlajackson5169 9 місяців тому +1

    God's love transforms and has no bounds. Father God thank you for loving me when I failed to ❤ myself. There is no greater love than yours.

  • @Sisterbettyjo9179
    @Sisterbettyjo9179 2 роки тому +2

    👏👏👏👏👏👏❣❣❣Thank You!!Loving One Another!!🥰

  • @acenabo61
    @acenabo61 Рік тому +1

    Now I can define Glory.

  • @dieonvansluytman9552
    @dieonvansluytman9552 2 роки тому +3

    Pastor Evans is a blessing to listen to he helps me get my acts. toghter

  • @ajzvasquez9617
    @ajzvasquez9617 11 місяців тому +9

    EXCELLENT MESSAGE 👍 FULL OF TRUTH AND LOVE THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOR MEN OF GOD ❤🙏 TEACHING AND PREACHING THE TRUTH, AMEN 🙏

  • @stanleyhunt3100
    @stanleyhunt3100 3 роки тому +7

    Tony is my favorite He's one of the best truth tellers of Scripture as I know.

  • @KarenRicks-jf8sw
    @KarenRicks-jf8sw 8 місяців тому

    I love you

  • @caliconservative20
    @caliconservative20 2 роки тому +2

    Transformative love through Christ who is the Word. This is the way to transform our world. Maranatha!

  • @reider0608
    @reider0608 2 роки тому +1

    Love doesn’t seek attention it seeks equality.

  • @judymsomi2480
    @judymsomi2480 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you Jesus. Hallelujah Hallelujah our Lord Jesus!!

  • @Dobbie890
    @Dobbie890 Рік тому +1

    Matthew 22:23-40 ♥ It starts Vertically from Heaven 👆🏾 to 🌎 earth and spans out Horizontally to others across the board! 🌅 📖 ➕

  • @pottersurrenderedclay
    @pottersurrenderedclay 3 роки тому +4

    Abba Father...Abba Father...Abba Father....wow!

  • @betteboop6588
    @betteboop6588 2 роки тому +3

    Dr.Evans, Is a true man of God.. 🙏🙏💕..Gifted beyond any pastor ,bishop,elders..than I’ve heard preach the Holy Word . They’re blessed yes.. But, to hear Dr. Evans speak about God, leaves me truly spiritually blessed.. It’s like fire 🔥 shut in my bones 🦴. God is my yesterday,tomorrow and today..

  • @Dobbie890
    @Dobbie890 Рік тому +2

    I can't get enough of Your Love Lord! Teach me how to love like you say to love!
    When we ask, we receive because we ask in faith! 🙏🏼 ♥ Thank You Lord! Amen! 👏🏽

  • @mikemonroe8926
    @mikemonroe8926 2 роки тому +4

    One of the most powerful and much needed sermons ever spoken!

  • @Dakatari
    @Dakatari 2 роки тому +2

    What a awesome God we serve through him all is possible. Great Sermon Pastor Tony Evans

  • @sisteremjaybee4979
    @sisteremjaybee4979 4 роки тому +4

    Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuusssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @shagunheard
    @shagunheard Рік тому +1

    Compassion once directed me,,but life experience,and false teachings nearly killed my spirit. I sincerely thank you Pastor Evans for being a vessel that God has brought into my life to correct my heading. Dear Elohim,,, thank you for demonstrating,as well teaching us what LOVE is,,,may our life now reflect who,and what you are which is LOVE!! Glory be to God and him alone,,love Shagun. Amen!!!

  • @engrelement8360
    @engrelement8360 3 роки тому +1

    Spitting fire slowly slowly

  • @blerp007
    @blerp007 4 роки тому +51

    This sermon changed me 💕

  • @angelacasein7059
    @angelacasein7059 Рік тому

    Yes all I need is gods love first and foremost other lesser forms are not enough to sustain me

  • @mszlizardiboop2325
    @mszlizardiboop2325 9 місяців тому +1

    ❤❤🔥🔥👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😭😭😭😭THIS IS THE GOSPEL ON FIRE, each time He hits, Thankyou God for choosing Pastor Evans to preach the gospel ‼️‼️‼️‼️

  • @ugn154
    @ugn154 4 роки тому +9

    God loved us before everything was created because we were in his thoughts, we were in his plan.

  • @MsJosey-ug5vn
    @MsJosey-ug5vn 9 місяців тому

    The love that God Head have for and in one another that brings us in is just mind-blowing! Just wow!

  • @eesther9590
    @eesther9590 4 роки тому +28

    Oh wow! This is the best thing I have ever heard! Praise the Lord Jesus! Thank you pastor for this deep word!

  • @senecat8071
    @senecat8071 2 роки тому +11

    I needed this Word! I could not figure out how to love unloveable people until I realized I’m loving God by showing compassion towards them feeding them clothing them and showing deeds of love to them not because they deserve it but because I love God and I am in a love fest with God; not in a love fest with flesh (flesh that will return to dust) Praise the Lord Praise be to Jesus! I am being set free! 2022 & then on gone be a love fest in Jesus name AMEN!

    • @frankbrown8001
      @frankbrown8001 Рік тому

      Very well put my Brother sharing is giving love and sharing God's Love thanks 4 Sharing Amen

    • @frankbrown8001
      @frankbrown8001 Рік тому

      God's Love is the First step to acknowledgment, Wisdom
      and Peace, Preach on my Brother Evans

    • @frankbrown8001
      @frankbrown8001 Рік тому

      Deep Thanks for Sharing

    • @chankura3117
      @chankura3117 Рік тому

      Amen

  • @Ann-belle
    @Ann-belle 2 роки тому +6

    I love this message so much!! Praise God His Love heals my soul. Thank you Dr Evans for this preaching

  • @billieabbott8320
    @billieabbott8320 4 роки тому +21

    Amen total agreement in Jesus name

  • @blaccchai8518
    @blaccchai8518 4 роки тому +7

    AMEN AMEN AMEN 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @wewhagg
    @wewhagg 6 місяців тому

    They don't wanna hang out with a backslider.... a lot of times we don't know their stories, that's why we are not God and we are told to not judge. I so agree when you love without truth.. love them back in like God loved him or her back in...❤ judge the sin I totally agree, yet love the brother or sister in Christ Jesus

  • @faatiyah-ayannaapesempress2751
    @faatiyah-ayannaapesempress2751 3 роки тому +8

    I can bear witness that OCBF is loving. I started reaching out for prayer in May of 2020. They were very welcoming and prayed for me all of 2020.

  • @annetterivers1495
    @annetterivers1495 2 роки тому +4

    This is a powerful message...love conquers all ♥️🙏

  • @frankieclayton9303
    @frankieclayton9303 2 роки тому +1

    We are never to compromise the word of God

  • @742Timbox
    @742Timbox 3 роки тому +4

    I put this on my Facebook wall 3 times thanks

  • @derekchildress5
    @derekchildress5 4 роки тому +58

    This is awesome! He touched a lot of things that I have been seeing! What is scary is that the Word of God says that in the last days the love of many would wax cold!

    • @baijusalve2908
      @baijusalve2908 4 роки тому +1

      Need hope for future ....
      Watch this ...
      ua-cam.com/video/e1HEqaA4Rww/v-deo.html

    • @faridaemerson8888
      @faridaemerson8888 4 роки тому

      Derek Childress click on the link below

  • @sjayyvlogs
    @sjayyvlogs 3 роки тому +19

    Listened to this while i slept really helped me

  • @heavyhitr7696
    @heavyhitr7696 2 роки тому +1

    Tony Evans...always good stuff

  • @lucretiaharris5069
    @lucretiaharris5069 4 роки тому +10

    Mr. EVANS, YOU DAUGHTER IS JUST LIKE YOU. ITS LIKE WHEN YOU SEEN ME YOU'VE SEEN MY FATHER... MR. T.E. YOU HAVE DONE GREAT. In Jesus Name. "Priscilla " thank God you are A GREAT FATHER

  • @rekaadang
    @rekaadang 2 роки тому +2

    Praise God! What a wonderful preaching! I wish to know God more ... like what dr. Tony Evans speaks about! Amen.