The Love of God?

Jason B · #1 06-30-2010, 11:08 PM

This is from another thread, but I thought it worthy of a thread of its own:

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Originally Posted by Rev

I often hear people talk about the love of God.

What is that exactly?

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Originally Posted by Jason Badejo

No doubt, many who are in the OP movement don't know exactly what the love of God is. (again, not necessarily posted @ REV, but he brings up a good point/questions that I believe many pentecostals are ignorant to)

The love of God is a love that burns towards us no matter who we are, what we have done, or where we have gone. It is a love that cannot be quenched. It is a love that suffered all things, willingly, for our sakes. It is the love that caused God himself to [figuratively] get off of the throne in heaven, and come down and subject himself to sinful men who would hate him, abuse him, beat him, spit on him, and murder him, and yet his response wasn't vegenace, but a broken heart.

The love of God is a love that reaches for all people, everywhere. It is not love for sin, but love in spite of sin. It is not love based on our performance, out outward appearence, or our ability to keep the rules. It is a love that is constant and faithful, even if we are not. It is a never changing, ever burning love, not predicated one iota upon our actions. That is the love of God, and that is what pentecostals need a revelation of!

**note, I am not saying that someone is saved because God loves them, but I am specifically saying that God doesn't start hating you because you trimmed your hair, went to a ball game, or wore a tie tack, or watched a movie at the theater. Gods love and also our salvation do not come and go based on such trivial things.

Jason B · #2 07-01-2010, 09:42 PM

20 views, no replies? I thought the question Rev asked was though provoking at least enough for a decent thread, maybe I over estimated the AFF bretheren (and sisteren

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freeatlast · #3 07-01-2010, 09:45 PM

I love the love of God.

It is not fathomable by by our human minds.

Rev · #4 07-01-2010, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason Badejo

This is from another thread, but I thought it worthy of a thread of its own:

(Mat 22:36) Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
(Mat 22:37) Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
(Mat 22:38) This is the first and great commandment.
(Mat 22:39) And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
(Mat 22:40) On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Jason B · #5 07-01-2010, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Rev

(Mat 22:36) Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
(Mat 22:37) Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
(Mat 22:38) This is the first and great commandment.
(Mat 22:39) And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
(Mat 22:40) On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

what is your point here? I'm not getting it in connection with the thread title?

The verses you post are good though. I personally believe that we show how much we love God, by the way we treat and love our neighbor. (Not just bretheren, but all people.)

Rev · #6 07-01-2010, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason Badejo

what is your point here? I'm not getting it in connection with the thread title?

The verses you post are good though. I personally believe that we show how much we love God, by the way we trat and love our neighbor. (Not just bretheren, but all people.)

I haven't said anything yet. Just seeing if you are still there.

You see there is a scriptural answer to the question.

Jason B · #7 07-01-2010, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Rev

I haven't said anything yet. Just seeing if you are still there.

You see there is a scriptural answer to the question.

I'm really not following you. What is the love of God [toward us], not how do we show we love God.

Rev · #8 07-01-2010, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason Badejo

I'm really not following you. What is the love of God [toward us], not how do we show we love God.

Well, we know this....

(1Jo 4:8) He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

(1Jo 4:16) 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.

Rev · #9 07-01-2010, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Rev

Well, we know this....

(1Jo 4:8) He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

(1Jo 4:16) 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.

(Mat 23:30) And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
(Mat 23:31) Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
(Mat 23:32) Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
(Mat 23:33) Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

Was this a manifestation of the Love of God

Falla39 · #10 07-01-2010, 11:11 PM

Romans 5:5 KJV
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

If we don't have love, we don't have God, for God IS LOVE! The
love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost. If we
don't have the Holy Ghost, we don't have love and we don't have
GOD.
Falla39