Martin Luther wrote “If I profess, with the loudest voice and clearest exposition, every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages there the loyalty [...]
Archive for the ‘love’ Tag
1 Cor 16:13-14: Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. 2 comments
Gal 5:6: For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor circumcision; but faith which worketh by love.” Leave a comment
The faith which justifies is the faith which works. Those who say, and do not, are not men of faith. The obedience which is pleasing to God is the fruit of that faith which takes God at His word, and submits to the working of His power, being fully assured that what He has promised [...]
Rom 5:8: But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Leave a comment
To a certain point the love of God to angels and men is identical and coincidental, but beyond that point it may be said, so far as men are concerned, it diverges into grace and mercy. That is to say, grace and mercy are terms not applicable to angels, but to sinful men. Grace always [...]
Ps 138:8: The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands. Leave a comment
Different translations use different words where this uses “love”…..among them ” Mercy” and ” loving-kindness.” But both are aspects of Gods love. And it endures forever, which is one of those words we can only consider in relationship to time, yet “forever” is beyond that. It’s farther than our outer most thought as we try [...]
John 14:15: If ye love me, keep my commandments Leave a comment
Our Lord is not asking us to keep His commandments; He is declaring that “if we love Him,” we will of necessity keep His commandments. The word for love here is agapate, from agape, normally used to describe the sovereign, gracious love of God. “We love Him because He first loved us” (I John 4:19). [...]
Rom 8:28: And we know that all things work for the good to them that love God, to them that are called according to his purpose.” Leave a comment
God is able to use every circumstance in your life for His and your good. Happiness is one thing, good is another. Good, in this sense, will in the long run bring in its turn perfect blessedness. But good may not be happiness or freedom from pain, strife, care and pain. If we think all [...]
I Cor 13:6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth Leave a comment
Love rejoices at justice and truth.
I Cor 13:1-3: If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Leave a comment
No matter what I am doing or how great the gift, if I am not motivated by love, I am just a noise…and sometimes an irritating noise. God is the source of love. (I John 4:8). So, to operate in love we must be in touch with the source. Anything outside of that is just [...]
