God The Father is Love

 

The reason humanity finds love so peculiar and powerful is because God is!

Love is not the side-effect of hormones in youth, nor is it just the devoted decision of dutybound spouses. God is love, 1st John 4:8-16. His love is spread today throughout the world by the Holy Spirit in our hearts, Romans 5:5.

 

The Father’s love can be seen in two ways: 1. Practical in Charity, Dt. 10:18.

2. Immeasurable in Christ, Rom. 8:35-39.

 

God Loves…

     A cheerful giver, 2nd Cor. 9:7

     The church, Eph. 2:4 & 5:29

The son or daughter He chastises, Heb. 12:6 & 1st Jon. 3:1

     The Christ, Jon. 15:9 & 17:26. 

     Humanity, Jn. 3:16. Rom. 5:8.

 

Perhaps the most peculiar aspect of love is that it motivates us to express jealousy, therefore God is a jealous God (Ex. 20:5-6) and He hates…

- Whatever the world highly esteems, Lk. 16:15

- Idolatry, witchcraft, meditations to other gods, Dt. 18:9-11.

- Deceitful weights and measures, Dt. 25:14-16.

- The seven abominations, arrogance, lies, murder, deceitful heart,

 violence, false accusations, dividers of brethren.. Prv. 6:16-19.

- He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an

 abomination. Prv. 28:9.

- Homosexuality, 1st Kings 14:24, Romans 1:26 & 27.  They who have a

     perverted heart are an abomination to the LORD, Prv. 11:20

- Divorce! Malachi 2:16.

 

“Do not sit trying to manufacture feelings. Ask yourself, ‘if I were sure that I loved God, what would I do?’ When you have found the answer, go do it…Christian love…is an affair of the will. If we are trying to do His will we are obeying the commandment, ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God’, He will give us feelings of love if He pleases.  We cannot create them for ourselves and we must not demand them as a right. But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not…at whatever cost to us, at whatever cost to Him” – (‘Mere Christianity’ by C.S. Lewis)

 

Prayer Pointer for this week: Do we pray that The Father’s love is with us and active? 2nd Cor. 13:13, As Paul prayed, we should follow, 1st Cor. 11:1. This the  whole aim of discipleship.