The Love of God
What is God
declared to be?
“God is love.
Whoever lives in love lives in God,
and God in him.” 1 John
4:16.
How great is
God’s love for the world?
“For God so
loved the world that he gave his one
and only Son that whoever
believes in him shall not perish but
have eternal life.” John 3:16.
In what act
especially has God’s infinite
love been manifested?
“This is how God
showed his love among us: He sent
his one and only Son into the world
that we might live through him.”
1 John 4:9.
God’s Delight
In what does God
delight?
“Who is a God
like you, who pardons sin and
forgives transgression of the remnant
of his inheritance? You do not stay
angry forever but delight to show
mercy.” Micah 7:18.
How are the mercies of
Heaven continually manifested to the
sons of men?
“Because of the
Lord’s great love we are not
consumed, for his compassion never
fail. They are new every
morning; great is your faithfulness.”
Lamentations 3:22,23.
Upon how many does God
bestow His blessings?
“That you may be
sons of your Father in Heaven. He
causes the sun to rise on the evil
and the good, and sends rain on
the righteous and the unrighteous.”
Matthew 5:45.
In view of God’s
great love, what may we confidently
expect?
“He who did not
spare his own Son, but gave him up
for us all – how will he not
also, along with him, graciously give
us all things.” Romans 8:32.
Fellowship,
Sonship, and Trust
What did Jesus say of
the one who loves Him?
“Whoever
has my commands and obeys them, he is
the one who loves me. He who loves me
will be loved by my Father, and I too
will love him and show myself to
him.”
John 14:21.
Into what
relationship does God’s love
bring us?
“How great is the
love the Father has lavished on us,
that we should be called children
of God? And that is what
we are! The reason the world does not
know us is that it did not know
him.” 1 John 3:1.
As sons of God, to
what will we submit? How may we know
that we are the sons of God?
“Because those
who are led by the Spirit of God
are sons of God. For you did not
receive a spirit that makes you a
slave again to fear, but you received
the Spirit of sonship. And by him we
cry “Abba, Father. The Spirit
himself testifies with our spirit
that we are God’s children.”
Romans 8:14-16.
How is the love of God
supplied to the believer?
“And hope does
not disappoint us, because God has
poured out his love into our hearts by
the Holy Spirit, whom he gave
to us.” Romans 5:5.
When men appreciate
God’s love, what will they do?
“How priceless is
your unfailing love! Both high and
low among men find refuge in the
shadow of your wings.”
Psalm 36:7.
Fellowship of
Believers
In view of
God’s great love for us, what
attitude should we take toward one
another?
“Dear friends,
since God so loved us, we also
ought to love one another.”
1 John 4:11.
With what measure of
love should we serve others?
“This is how we
know what love is: Jesus Christ laid
down his life for us. And we ought
to lay down our lives for our
brothers.” 1 John 3:16.
What exhortation is
based on Christ’s love for us?
“And live a
life of love, just as Christ
loved us and gave himself up for us
as a fragrant offering and sacrifice
to God.” Ephesians 5:2.
Love’s Wise Way
Upon what ground
does God’s work for sinners
rest?
“But because of his
great love for us, God, who is
rich in mercy, made us alive with
Christ even when we were dead in
transgressions – it is by
grace you have been saved. And God
raised us up with Christ and seated
us with him in the heavenly realms in
Christ Jesus.”
Ephesians 2:4-6. (See Titus 3:5,6.)
What is God’s
love able to do for His children?
“However, the
Lord your God would not listen to
Balaam but turned the curse into a
blessing for you, because the
Lord your God loves you.”
Deuteronomy 23:5.
In what other way is
God’s love sometimes shown?
“Because the Lord
disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes everyone he
accepts as a son.” Hebrews 12:6.
Love Everlasting
How enduring is
God’s love for us?
The Lord has appeared
to us from the past, saying, “I
have loved you with an everlasting
love; I have drawn you with
loving-kindness.” Jeremiah 31:3.
Can anything separate
the true child of God from the love
of God?
“For I am
convinced that neither death nor
life, neither angels nor demons,
neither the present or the future,
nor any powers, neither height or
depth, nor anything else in all
creation, will be able to separate us
from the love of God that is in
Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:38,39.
Unto whom will the
saints forever ascribe praise?
“And for Jesus
Christ, who is the faithful witness,
the firstborn from the dead, and the
ruler of the kings of the earth. To
him who loves us and has freed us
from our sins by his blood, and
has made us to be a kingdom and
priests to serve his God and father
– to him be glory and power
forever and ever! Amen. Revelation
1:5,6.
He Made All These
God made the sea, the
sky, the granite hills;
He hung the stars and
planets in their place.
His hand designed the
wrens and whippoorwills
As well as dainty
snowflakes trimmed in lace.
“Tis He who
formed the tulip and the rose,
Who painted leaves in
autumn, red and gold;
Our God sustains the
lonely flower that grows
In desert wastes
through heat and bitter cold.
He brought the smile
that plays on baby’s face,
And formed the hands,
so tender and so true,
Of one who comforts in
life’s solemn race.
God made all these to
show Himself to you.
But here’s
another thing that’s greater
yet:
A new heart –
pure and sinless as a dove,
Like Christ’s
– He will create in all
who’ll let
Him prove the wondrous
scripture: “God is love.”
- James Joiner.
