The Love Of God
\nTom Harding
\n\u201cBehold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we
\nshould be called the sons of God\u201d (1John 3:1).
\nThere is a great deal said in religious circles about the love of God,
\nbut few have a real scriptural concept of the truth of God\u2019s love as it
\nis manifested in the scriptures. The general idea most people have is,
\n\u201cthat God loves everybody without exception and is trying His best to
\nsave everybody, but the sinner will not cooperate.\u201d The truth of God\u2019s
\ncharacter revealed in the word is that God is Holy. His love must always
\nbe in harmony with His Holy character as a Just God and Saviour (Isa.
\n45:21). Those for whom He loves in Christ (Rev.1:5), elected in Christ
\n(John 6:37), redeemed in Christ (Eph.1:7) must be justified in Christ
\n(Rom. 8:28-30) and will be called out of bondage into Light (Col.
\n1:12-13). Here are some scriptures that describe this true love of God
\nto His covenant people.<\/p>\n
1). The love of God is manifested and revealed in Jesus Christ
\n(Rom.8:32-39; Eph. 1:3-6; 2Cor.4:6).<\/p>\n
2). The love of God is sovereign and given to whom the Lord pleases
\n(Rom.9:12-16; Eph, 5:25). Outside of Christ, God is a consuming fire
\n(Heb. 12:29).<\/p>\n
3). The love of God is eternal and will never be discontinued (Jer.
\n31:3). God Himself is eternal, therefore His great love must be eternal
\n(Eph. 2:4).<\/p>\n
4). The love of God is sacrificial love and will redeem all His people
\nfrom all their sins (1John 4:10; 3:16; Eph.5:2,25; Matt.1:21; John 10:15).<\/p>\n
5). The love of God is permanent love and will always abide in the
\nbeliever (John 13:1; Mal.3:6; Heb. 13:8).<\/p>\n
6). The love of God is electing love that unconditionally chose us in
\nChrist before the foundation of the world (2Thes. 2:13; John 15:15-16;17:2).<\/p>\n
7). The love of God is unmerited love, we have never done anything to
\ndeserve His favor or mercy (Titus 3:3-7; Rom 5:6-9). The only reason for
\nHis love to us is found in Himself, not in us (Deut.7:7-8).<\/p>\n
8). The love of God is constraining love and motivates everyone who
\nbelieves the gospel, to obedience to Him as a willing, loving bond slave
\nof Christ (2Cor. 5:14; Psa. 65:4; 110:3).<\/p>\n
9). The love of God is Holy love, God in Christ is both a Just God and
\nSaviour (Isa. 45:20-22). His love is regulated by His holy character
\n(Rom. 5:21).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Love Of God Tom Harding \u201cBehold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God\u201d (1John 3:1). There is a great deal said in religious circles about the love of God, but few have a real scriptural concept of the truth of God\u2019s love […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-tom-harding","category-gods-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4855,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4854\/revisions\/4855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}