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Michael Rea said:
At best, it is a spiritual reality, not just an analogy. We may not be able to love like God or fully appreciate God's divine love, but we do experience God's love as a spiritual reality. Sure, God is always greater than our analogical descriptions of him. Analogies are not the reality itself.
Jesus told us, "Be holy as your Father is holy" (Mt 5:48). Jesus did not give us any excuse not to be holy. Like God, we are spiritual beings because the Holy Spirit dwells in us as a spiritual reality. The Paraclete Indwelling Spirit teaches us about God and his divine love. The Paraclete enables us to love like God in reality.
Bold added.The relationship between divine love and human love is at best analogical.
At best, it is a spiritual reality, not just an analogy. We may not be able to love like God or fully appreciate God's divine love, but we do experience God's love as a spiritual reality. Sure, God is always greater than our analogical descriptions of him. Analogies are not the reality itself.
Jesus told us, "Be holy as your Father is holy" (Mt 5:48). Jesus did not give us any excuse not to be holy. Like God, we are spiritual beings because the Holy Spirit dwells in us as a spiritual reality. The Paraclete Indwelling Spirit teaches us about God and his divine love. The Paraclete enables us to love like God in reality.