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The Love of God
God loved us first, He"set"His love upon us.
Deuteronomy 7:7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you,
because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all
people:
It wasn't because of who we were or what we had done!
8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had
sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand,
and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of
Egypt.
Blessing is promised to those who accept God's love.
9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth
covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments
to a thousand generations;
Judgement and destruction is promised to those who reject God's love.
10 And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them:
he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
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God demonstrated His love for us at Calvary.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only, begotten Son
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world
through him might be saved.
John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his
life for his friends.
Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness,
[and] the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.
About His Word! (10-24-99)
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God's love is eternal.
John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.
Jeremiah 31:3 ...Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting
love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
He loved us when we were unworthy of love.
Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that,
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
About His Word! (10-25-99)
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Jesus loved His disciples "unto the end."
John 13:1. Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus
knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this
world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in
the world, he loved them unto the end.
He commanded us to follow His example.
John 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another,
as I have loved you.
Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless
them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray
for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in
heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the
good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
About His Word! (10-26-99)
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The Love of God
Jesus said, "If you love Me, feed My sheep!"
John 21:15. So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon
Peter,Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?
He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee.
He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, [son] of
Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou
knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of
Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said
unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto
him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love
thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
About His Word! (10-27-99)
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John said if we don't love, we don't know God.
1 John 4: 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his
only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
James said we show our love by our works.
James 2:15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of
daily food,
16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be [ye]
warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those
things which are needful to the body; what [doth it] profit?
About His Word! (10-28-99)
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Paul says that all the fulness of God is contained in the love of Christ,
and that nothing can separate us from it.
Ephesians 3:19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge,
that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
[shall] tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine,
or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the
day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor
angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present,
nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be
able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
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John uses "love" as a proof of our conversion. In other words, it doesn't matter how loud you shout, if
you can't love your brother.
1 John 3:14. We know that we have passed from death unto
life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his]
brother abideth in death.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know
that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
16 Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid
down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives
for the brethren.
A good test of our "love" is how quickly we are willing to part with our earthly goods.
17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother
have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from
him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
If you "talk the talk," you had better "walk the walk."
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in
tongue; but in deed and in truth.
19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall
assure our hearts before him.
About His Word! (10-30-99)
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We are sons of God because of His love.
1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath
bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God:
therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
As sons of God we have an inheritance, all because of His love.
Romans 8:17 . And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we
suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
As an heir, I have a hope of seeing Him to claim my inheritance.
1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what
we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we
shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
About His Word! (10-31-99)
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The Love of God
All that we have said about "love" in the last ten postings is summarized in I John 4:10-12; 16-21.
you can read all the past postings in Word Archieves.
1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that
he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for
our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one
another.
12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one
another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in
us.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath
to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in
God, and God in him.
17. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have
boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we
in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out
fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made
perfect in love.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is
a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath
seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who
loveth God love his brother also.
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