What was the power of Christ's look to Peter after he had denied the LORD? And are you and I looking to the LORD to see His look to us? Are we resting in and trusting the unconditional love of God for us as believers?

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0:00 - Text - Luke 22.31ff, The Look of Love
1:52 - Do you see your spiritual poverty?
5:41 - Illustration - Child trying to gain parents approval by their own power.
7:45 - Many believers struggle with God's unconditional love.
8:27 - Peter struggled with grasping the unconditional love of God.
15:23 - Peter's pride blinded him.
16:48 - Are you wrongly trying to gauge your love for Christ?
24:11 - Consider Peter's conversion and experience of God's love.
25:11 - Having objective knowledge that God loves me.
27:30 - Having God's experiential love.
32:00 - Faith that God loves you without experiencing God's love.
33:46 - The Pharisees' mistake towards the Scriptures...
36:03 - Peter's conversion.
44:32 - What was the power of Christ's look to Peter?
48:07 - John Newton - Looking to the cross.
49:39 - This love is more than a theological fact lodged in your brain.
50:30 - How can I experience this love?
59:01 - One final note--Peter turned and looked at Jesus.
1:02:11 - Closing prayer.