LOVE of God
LOVE of God, The
- Is a part of his character # 2Co 13:11 1Jo 4:8
- Christ, the especial object of # Joh 15:9 17:26
- Christ abides in # Joh 15:10
- DESCRIBED AS 4a) Sovereign
# De 7:8 10:15
4b) Great # Eph 2:4 4c) Abiding # Zep 3:17 4d) Unfailing # Isa 49:15,16 4e) Unalienable # Ro 8:39 4f) Constraining # Ho 11:4 4g) Everlasting # Jer 31:3 5) Irrespective of merit # De 7:7 Job 7:17 6) MANIFESTED TOWARDS 6a) Perishing sinners # Joh 3:16 Tit 3:4 6b) His saints # Joh 16:27 17:23 2Th 2:16 1Jo 4:16 6c) The destitute # De 10:18 6d) The cheerful giver # 2Co 9:7 7) EXHIBITED IN 7a) The giving of Christ # Joh 3:16 7b) The sending of Christ # 1Jo 4:9 7c) Christ’s dying for us while sinners # Ro 5:8 1Jo 4:10 7d) Election # Mal 1:2,3 Ro 9:11-13 7e) Adoption # 1Jo 3:1 7f) Redemption # Isa 43:3,4 63:9 7g) Freeness of salvation # Tit 3:4-7 7h) Forgiving sin # Isa 38:17 7i) Quickening of souls # Eph 2:4,5 7j) Drawing us to himself # Ho 11:4 7k) Temporal blessings # De 7:13 7l) Chastisements # Heb 12:6 7m) Defeating evil counsels # De 23:5 8) Shed abroad in the heart by the Holy Spirit # Ro 5:5 9) Saints know and believe # 1Jo 4:16 10) Saints should abide in # Jude 1:21 11) PERFECTED IN SAINTS 11a) By obedience # 1Jo 2:5 11b) By brotherly love # 1Jo 4:12 12) The source of our love to him # 1Jo 4:19 13) To be sought in prayer # 2Co 13:14