All About His LOVE!

Sons to Glory! · 06-06-2018, 04:20 PM

It occurred to me almost 20 years ago, that the love of God was the way to understand the Bible. That is, after all is said about what He has done, is doing, and will do, it all comes down to His amazing love for us! He loves us and just wants an ongoing relationship with us.

When I began seeing this, many things in scripture started to open to me like never before and began to make sense. I saw and experienced so much more in a short period of time, than I did in decades before. Why? I saw it was all about His love for us! (Yes He is righteous, but Christ was sent in love to satisfy all that.)

A few definitions and observations regarding love:

1. God is love (“God so loved . . .”)
2. Love never fails (all other things fail: knowledge, teachings, etc.)
3. Two greatest NT commandments are exhorting us to love
4. Faith, hope and love remain – but the greatest is LOVE
5. John, the “love apostle” has the final word in NT – epistles talk much about love
6. The church of brotherly love (Philadelphia) receives the specific encouragement
7. Without love – we’re meaningless and empty

If you have the right teaching or practice, but it could stumble your brother, we don’t go there – why? Love. The entire law summed up – love God; love others.

This new love understanding really helped with the book of Revelation, when we went through it last year. I realized it was actually a book of love! It makes perfect sense to me now, but I think that concept is a little startling at first. Like a cancer in the body, God must deal with the cancerous kingdom on this earth. So he must judge it and take it out. Why? He loves us! So even the book with all the apparently fearful judgments in it are all about His love!

This is the proper way to view the Bible. But I used to view it through a lens of fear and potential punishment (“I knew You were a hard man . . .”).

06-06-2018, 04:20 PM	#1
Sons to Glory! Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 2,617	All About His LOVE! It occurred to me almost 20 years ago, that the love of God was the way to understand the Bible. That is, after all is said about what He has done, is doing, and will do, it all comes down to His amazing love for us! He loves us and just wants an ongoing relationship with us. When I began seeing this, many things in scripture started to open to me like never before and began to make sense. I saw and experienced so much more in a short period of time, than I did in decades before. Why? I saw it was all about His love for us! (Yes He is righteous, but Christ was sent in love to satisfy all that.) A few definitions and observations regarding love: 1. God is love (“God so loved . . .”) 2. Love never fails (all other things fail: knowledge, teachings, etc.) 3. Two greatest NT commandments are exhorting us to love 4. Faith, hope and love remain – but the greatest is LOVE 5. John, the “love apostle” has the final word in NT – epistles talk much about love 6. The church of brotherly love (Philadelphia) receives the specific encouragement 7. Without love – we’re meaningless and empty If you have the right teaching or practice, but it could stumble your brother, we don’t go there – why? Love. The entire law summed up – love God; love others. This new love understanding really helped with the book of Revelation, when we went through it last year. I realized it was actually a book of love! It makes perfect sense to me now, but I think that concept is a little startling at first. Like a cancer in the body, God must deal with the cancerous kingdom on this earth. So he must judge it and take it out. Why? He loves us! So even the book with all the apparently fearful judgments in it are all about His love! This is the proper way to view the Bible. But I used to view it through a lens of fear and potential punishment (“I knew You were a hard man . . .”).