love of God
Posts tagged as "love of God"
Let Love Be Genuine
Romans 12:9 “Let love be genuine.” Sincerely Loving Others, Even our Enemies It would be much easier to walk through this world not caring. There is a certain appeal to being a detached, impenetrable person, avoiding hurt and never feeling the pains of others. Loving others can hurt. Many times I have found myself saying ...
Can Unbelievers Please God?
There are scriptures that proclaim the love that God has for human beings so lavishly that it almost feels wrong. Once a person understands what they were in their natural state before God it seems unthinkable that God would set His affection so highly on such fallen creatures. We will get into these stunning ...
He Has Mercy On Whom He Wills
The doctrine of election is an important truth that greatly helps us to properly understand, humbly accept, and greatly appreciate the love of God displayed in Christ’s death. The emphasis in scripture has always been that God freely sets His special love and affection on particular people. I know that I’m stepping on toes. ...
How He Loves Us
1John 3:14 “By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us…” 1John 4:18 “In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” The love of God is not primarily manifested in how big your ...
God’s Deep Love For His Enemies
This may sound absurd to you, but I believe that if you do not understand and accept the wrath of God as truth, than you will not even begin to understand the depths of His love. It is essential to understand the just anger of God, in order to begin to understand God’s heart ...
The Love and Just Anger Of God
Introduction “The love of God in our culture has been purged of anything the culture finds uncomfortable. The love of God has been sanitized, democratized, and above all sentimentalized…” – D.A Carson in “The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God.” In our culture the love of God is often exalted above the Holiness, ...
Part 4: How Does Jesus Make Entrance Into His Kingdom Possible?
With Man, This is Impossible. Matthew 19:23-26 “And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter ...
“Still The Atoning Blood Is Near, That Quenched The Wrath Of Hostile Heaven"
I read Ezekiel 16 yesterday. This must be one of the most heart wrenching and stomach sickening books in the Bible, and yet its end produces such a sense of amazement in me. Its end makes me want to fall down and worship the God of Heaven and Earth with my face to the ground. ...
Love Manifested In Dying
“Oh the Deep, Deep Love Of Jesus! Vast, Unmeasured, Boundless, Free!” To look at the love of God poured out through His Son dying on a cross, is an experience beyond human words. I concur with hymn writer Frederick Lehman who wrote: “Could we with ink the ocean fill, And were the skies of parchment ...
To Reconcile Our Differences
This is another addition to my introduction for “The Complex Nature Of God’s Heart For Lost People.” I felt that I should be more upfront about what I intend to learn more about and expound upon. Please understand that this piece is not intended to explain or go into depth about the doctrine. It is ...