The Spirit Filled Husband (Part 2): A Love That Transforms | Lord’s Day Sermon | 23rd February, 2025 | Adeola Ogundele

In the first part of this series, we considered that the love between a man and his wife is meant to be a mirror of the love of Christ for his bride, the church. It can be nothing less than this.

In this part, Pastor Adeola took some time to labor over the context of God's love for the world as a whole and for his children in particular. He drew from several texts of scripture to show how the selective love of God makes the believer a special breed. God loves his children in a markedly different way than he loves every other human. It is a covenant love that appropriates something beyond the temporal trappings that support life in the earth. God loves his children in a way that guarantees they will enjoy an eternity in his unspeakably perfect presence. This is not the state of people who are not God's elect children.

In laying a further foundation for an full understanding of the implications of Christ's love for his church, Pastor Adeola highlights four elements this love so that by understanding them, we can be well equipped with the knowledge of God's expectations on husbands and their wives.