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God's Unconditional & Conditional Love

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God's unconditional love is a general love for all. And without which He wouldn't have given His Beloved Son for our sakes so that we may be saved from wrath through Him.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. <-----> John 3:16

Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. <-----> 1st Timothy 2:4

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. <-----> 2nd Peter 3:9


But His conditional love is a personal love for certain individuals. Which is given only to those of us who love, trust and obey Jesus. And it is this love which causes the provision of Salvation through Christ, to be effectually and individually applied.

He that hath my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. <-----> John 14:21

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. <-----> John 14:23

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
<-----> John 15:9+10

For the Father himself loves you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. <-----> John 16:27

Wherefore God's unconditional love alone won't save us...but without it His conditional love would not even be available to us. So we depend on both for our Salvation in Christ. To The Glory of God, In The Highest !

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Very well done. I would add that all love connects with God, and there are various kinds of love:

Tough Love - A love derived from wisdom
Tolerance - A love derived from strength
Cuteness - A love derived from innocence
Serenity - A love derived from meditation
Worship - A love derived from faith
Passion - A love derived from Action
Mercy - A love derived from forgiveness
Bliss - A love derived from happiness
Pity - A love derived from sadness
Sex - A love derived from union

Surely God feels pity when we cry out to him in suffering or he sees us on the wrong path.
We see his tough love in his wisdom, commandments, and judgment over the enemy
We occassionaly see his cuteness and sense of humor in our walk with him
We see his passion and his mercy through Jesus Christ. God needed a body to interact with us.
We see his tolerance in his longsuffering to us.
We see his mercy in our repentence to him.
We see his miracles in our worship of him
We sense his bliss and serenity up in heaven
We see his version of unity in that he created us. We express it appropriately through procreation alone.
 
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Thanks, and appreciate the response.

Am led to say though that not all love is good, even as most every thing has the potential to be both positively and/or negatively applied.

Here's a few examples from Scripture which speak of a negative form or application of love.

1. Adulterous love

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
<-----> Proverbs 7:18+19

2. Inordinate love

But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; <-----> 1st Kings 1:11

3. Self-destructive love

But he that sins against me wrongs his own soul: all they that hate me love death. <-----> Proverbs 8:36

4. Suppressed/repressed love

Open rebuke is better than secret love. <-----> Proverbs 27:5

5. Spirit-quenching love

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? <-----> Proverbs 1:22

6. Hedonistic love

He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich. <-----> Proverbs 21:17

7. Heretical love

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? <-----> Jeremiah 5:31

8. Feigned love

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness. <-----> Ezekiel 33:31

9. Ungodly love

Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; <-----> Micah 3:2

10. Club love

For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? <-----> Matthew 5:46

11. Self-seeking/hypocritical love

And when thou prays, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. <-----> Matthew 6:5

12. Covetous love

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. <-----> 1st Timothy 6:10

13. Worldly love

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. <-----> 1st John 2:15

14. Unrighteous love

Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; <-----> 2nd Peter 2:15

Love is the capacity to cleave together unto becoming one.

Yet this is only good - when we cleave unto that which upright and true.

May The Lord Be Pleased !

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Dear wayfaring man. I say this humbly and with love. As soon as Love becomes Conditional it has lost the right to be called Love. Love is selfless and beneficial. God gave us His Commandments, they are loving advice to us. God also gave us the free will to accept it, or ignore it, or go against it. We are on Earth to learn to love God, and love each other: Jesus told us: love God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind: also love our neighbour as we love ourselves. Straightforward, and easy to remember. We also have God`s eternal Law of Justice: We will reap whatever we sow. Our love ( freely given) will reap Love and Blessings from God, also changed attitudes from all around us. All loveless acts and words will reap fitting consequences. Sometimes it make take a while, but we may be sure it is God`s Love for us in action, to teach us to love as God wants us to love: God with all our being, and each other, whether friends or no friends, as we love ourselves. God is Love, Jesus died out of Love for us, and the Holy Spirit will empower us with love, If we ask. Jesus told us to ask and receive, and he also told us to repent: to exchange our selfish and loveless characters for LOVE for God and each other. God`s Love is Unconditional, and God wants our love selflessly given. Greetings from Emmy, your sister in Christ.
 
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Dear wayfaring man. I say this humbly and with love. As soon as Love becomes Conditional it has lost the right to be called Love. Love is selfless and beneficial. God gave us His Commandments, they are loving advice to us. God also gave us the free will to accept it, or ignore it, or go against it. We are on Earth to learn to love God, and love each other: Jesus told us: love God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind: also love our neighbour as we love ourselves. Straightforward, and easy to remember. We also have God`s eternal Law of Justice: We will reap whatever we sow. Our love ( freely given) will reap Love and Blessings from God, also changed attitudes from all around us. All loveless acts and words will reap fitting consequences. Sometimes it make take a while, but we may be sure it is God`s Love for us in action, to teach us to love as God wants us to love: God with all our being, and each other, whether friends or no friends, as we love ourselves. God is Love, Jesus died out of Love for us, and the Holy Spirit will empower us with love, If we ask. Jesus told us to ask and receive, and he also told us to repent: to exchange our selfish and loveless characters for LOVE for God and each other. God`s Love is Unconditional, and God wants our love selflessly given. Greetings from Emmy, your sister in Christ.


The condition is that God's love is unconditional!

All untrue love - or rather - all unfaithful love - is not from God, but rather His Good Life being stolen, raped, squandered and sacrificed by prideful, lawless, disobedient and arrogant 'son of lawlessness' living within our sinful hearts. This loveless truth-less part in self - we sinners are all stuck with - and which Christ in His love will slay in us and God in His love has doomed to destruction - so true life can be once more love truthfully and right - as it ought to be!:thumbsup:


For untrue love is always conditional and has no place in Him whatsoever!
 
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God's love is unconditional.
Emmy spoke well.

God wants His children to obey His commandnts.
But, even when children disobey; their parents still love them.

If you put conditions on love; it is no longer love.

Peace unto you :pray:
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Dear wayfaring man. I say this humbly and with love. As soon as Love becomes Conditional it has lost the right to be called Love. Love is selfless and beneficial. God gave us His Commandments, they are loving advice to us. God also gave us the free will to accept it, or ignore it, or go against it. We are on Earth to learn to love God, and love each other: Jesus told us: love God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind: also love our neighbour as we love ourselves. Straightforward, and easy to remember. We also have God`s eternal Law of Justice: We will reap whatever we sow. Our love ( freely given) will reap Love and Blessings from God, also changed attitudes from all around us. All loveless acts and words will reap fitting consequences. Sometimes it make take a while, but we may be sure it is God`s Love for us in action, to teach us to love as God wants us to love: God with all our being, and each other, whether friends or no friends, as we love ourselves. God is Love, Jesus died out of Love for us, and the Holy Spirit will empower us with love, If we ask. Jesus told us to ask and receive, and he also told us to repent: to exchange our selfish and loveless characters for LOVE for God and each other. God`s Love is Unconditional, and God wants our love selflessly given. Greetings from Emmy, your sister in Christ.

Dear Emmy,

If God's love is only and always unconditional then why did Jesus stipulate conditions thereof ?

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. <-----> John 14:23

Also take note of -

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
<-----> Romans 9:13+14

The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. <-----> Psalm 5:5

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
<-----> Matthew 7:22+23 ( Words of Jesus )

Scripture tells me that there is both a conditional aspect and an unconditional aspect of love, or of being loved.

And since Scripture is the greater authority, I'm sticking with it. Unless perhaps you or any other can prove by Scripture otherwise...and by proving I mean by taking all that Scripture has to say on the subject...not just what agrees with what one already believes.

...Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. <---> Matthew & Luke 4:4

With love of being circumspect,

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The condition is that God's love is unconditional!

All untrue love - or rather - all unfaithful love - is not from God, but rather His Good Life being stolen, raped, squandered and sacrificed by prideful, lawless, disobedient and arrogant 'son of lawlessness' living within our sinful hearts. This loveless truth-less part in self - we sinners are all stuck with - and which Christ in His love will slay in us and God in His love has doomed to destruction - so true life can be once more love truthfully and right - as it ought to be!:thumbsup:


For untrue love is always conditional and has no place in Him whatsoever!

God both loves and hates, as is stated in Scripture.

I suppose one could say that conditional love turns to hate when the conditions aren't met.

I see God loving all, and then hating some, for the way they mistreat others.

Throwing souls into an eternal lake of fire is indeed an act of love - for it is ridding the universe of the malignant among us.

And even as when malignant cancer is removed from a person's body, in a life saving act, no one weeps for the dead cancer cells, nay rather they rejoice that they have been purged away and destroyed to never come back !

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. <-----> Matthew 10:28

The children of Israel celebrated God's swallowing up of Pharaoh's army.

See - Exodus Chapter 15

And the good angels are to rejoice at God's casting down of the Devil and his evil angels.

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiter's of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knows that he hath but a short time.
<-----> Revelation 12:9-12

The notion that the unconditional aspect of God's love is the total aspect thereof appears to be a Spirit quenching perspective which lends false hope of being accepted even though unrepentant.

While overemphasizing the conditional aspect isn't good either, for it tends to take away our reason for hope towards God.

But taken together in the proper balance of truth, as is witnessed in Scripture, we have both good encouragement, and fair warning to assist us in determining what course to take in life.

May we reach our desired haven in Christ.

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Yeah good job with the list of ungoldly love... ugh

"Where our heart's lie there will our treasures be." My treasure was myself and my imagination. I had been on the wrong path for a very long time.

Appreciate it too, as a gift.

And yea -

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. <-----> Proverbs 4:23

May The Lord Be Pleased !

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God's love is unconditional.
Emmy spoke well.

God wants His children to obey His commandnts.
But, even when children disobey; their parents still love them.

If you put conditions on love; it is no longer love.

Peace unto you :pray:
Steve

Did I "put conditions on love" ?

Nay, I simply emphasized certain text, (which speaks of a conditional aspect of being loved by God in an intimate way) much of which has been recorded as being Christ's own words to His disciples.

Furthermore, children are sometimes disowned/disinherited.

And Scripture warns us against the possibility of it happening to us on the grand scale.

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knows not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
<-----> Revelation 3:15-20

Take a close look at God's Promises - they are almost always clearly in an "if / then" context.

He that overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. <-----> Revelation 3:5

Do the math.

If overcoming = not having our name blotted out of the book of life.

Then not overcoming = having our name blotted out.

Emphasizing only the unconditional aspect of God's love waters down the severity of our need to repent, overcome and endure till the end.

True love warns of real impending danger.

False love gives false hope.

This is what is seen regarding these things.

Sincerely,

wm
 
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Did I "put conditions on love" ?

Nay, I simply emphasized certain text, (which speaks of a conditional aspect of being loved by God in an intimate way) much of which has been recorded as being Christ's own words to His disciples.

Furthermore, children are sometimes disowned/disinherited.

And Scripture warns us against the possibility of it happening to us on the grand scale.

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knows not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
<-----> Revelation 3:15-20

Take a close look at God's Promises - they are almost always clearly in an "if / then" context.

He that overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. <-----> Revelation 3:5

Do the math.

If overcoming = not having our name blotted out of the book of life.

Then not overcoming = having our name blotted out.

Emphasizing only the unconditional aspect of God's love waters down the severity of our need to repent, overcome and endure till the end.

True love warns of real impending danger.

False love gives false hope.

This is what is seen regarding these things.

Sincerely,

wm


Great words - to love unconditionally God, ourself and the others saves from Hell and brings bliss nothing else will do but trusting Jesus about all that - it seems to me - there is no need for us to take the rudder - rather let His Loving Truth steer us - rather than our actions which always fall so far short of His Mark.

so yes unloving is not saved - and those lies we believe in not either - great isn't it?:thumbsup:

loving truthfully - is saved though - all God's own have, are and will always be saved - even if God has to cream us of and take us out of the traps of the evildoers - the wicked ruling sinners behind the scenes!:doh:
It was the lie which father loveless greed and ego-centric spirit within us -
Yet as you say Esau ain't invited as we know - but his kids are - so let's continue and don't dwell on the past but press on to the goal of our life - exclusively in His loving Truth to B(b)e. For ruling with Christ is to dwell in His Rest and living His Peace.:thumbsup:



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Great words - to love unconditionally God, ourself and the others saves from Hell and brings bliss nothing else will do but trusting Jesus about all that - it seems to me - there is no need for us to take the rudder - rather let His Loving Truth steer us - rather than our actions which always fall so far short of His Mark.

so yes unloving is not saved - and those lies we believe in not either - great isn't it?:thumbsup:

loving truthfully - is saved though - all God's own have, are and will always be saved - even if God has to cream us of and take us out of the traps of the evildoers - the wicked ruling sinners behind the scenes!:doh:
It was the lie which father loveless greed and ego-centric spirit within us -
Yet as you say Esau ain't invited as we know - but his kids are - so let's continue and don't dwell on the past but press on to the goal of our life - exclusively in His loving Truth to B(b)e. For ruling with Christ is to dwell in His Rest and living His Peace.:thumbsup:

Don't you agree?

I agree we are to demonstrate a loving disposition towards all, in the hope that they, as well as we, may be saved by the faith of Christ and grace of God in love for the truth.

For without truth, even love lacks virtue.

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness. <-----> Ezekiel 33:31

Our actions need not "always" fall short. For if we hear Christ's words and open up our hearts to Him, He will come within and begin to generate works through us, so that our actions will be born of His internal interacting of His Spirit being joined unto ours as one.

That is love - the capacity to cleave together unto becoming one. (But it only works that way when that love is reciprocal.)

...He that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. <-----> 1st Corinthians 6:17

Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwells in me, he does the works. <-----> John 14:10 ( Words of Jesus to His disciples )

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. <-----> John 14:12 ( Words of Jesus to His disciples )

Unrequited love does us no good.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kills the prophets, and stones them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.
<-----> Luke 13:34+35

It's only when we love in return that God loves us intimately. Because love is a two way street, and one must love to effectually receive love.

Therefore, this is the reason for there being a conditional aspect of God's love - it's not that He doesn't want to love us all intimately, but unless we love in response to His love our hearts do not open up enough to allow His loving Presence to enter.

And the proof of the sincerity of our love is that we keep Christ's commandments.

Simply telling God how much we love Him, while yet living in rebellion will not yield the desired results.

And telling ourselves and/or others that God loves us just the same whether we obey or not - is a gross misrepresentation of how love truly works; for though His love, ( within His own heart ) may be the same, the degree to which that love is received within our heart is directly related to how much or how truly we love and obey in response to The Love commended to us through Christ.

May The Lord Be Pleased !

wm
 
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The love of sin, i never considered that when thinking about Gods love before, or the love of God i should say. I must love God as much as i loved my sin, or it's not love... i think.

This means i must love other people as much as i did my sin also.
 
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This would mean i would need to not sin in order to love God. I would need to replace my sin completely with God. God does say that if we love him we'll keep his commandments.
Grace sustains me and Faith, prayer and hope in Jesus can go a long way in helping me love God

It's funny, i feel like a little kid wondering what love means, we are truly just kids to him. He is the almighty,all knowing and we cant even figure out what love means.
 
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The love of sin, i never considered that when thinking about Gods love before, or the love of God i should say. I must love God as much as i loved my sin, or it's not love... i think.

This means i must love other people as much as i did my sin also.

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
<-----> 2nd Timothy 3:1-7

Yea, not all love is good. And there exists a kind of competition for our love between the opposing forces which war in principle against each other due to conflicting agendas.

May The Lord Be Pleased !

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This would mean i would need to not sin in order to love God. I would need to replace my sin completely with God. God does say that if we love him we'll keep his commandments.
Grace sustains me and Faith, prayer and hope in Jesus can go a long way in helping me love God

It's funny, i feel like a little kid wondering what love means, we are truly just kids to him. He is the almighty,all knowing and we cant even figure out what love means.

Yea, true love = the capacity for loyalty.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
<-----> 1st John 5:2+3

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Yea, true love = the capacity for loyalty.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
<-----> 1st John 5:2+3

May The Be Pleased !

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Amen to both

Love is True Life and True Life Giver - without Love we are nothing no matter how much we know.

To love and trust like a Child is Best there is Jesus points out - who says faith is not strong when doubt and unbelief cannot kill?

That's the direction in which we must seek.

To Love Truthfully - God, Self and other as Self - is The Way of Jesus - it arrives at the feet of God The Father from where all of us Come from.:thumbsup:
 
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in order to love God i must not sin like Jesus. Not going to happen by my own power for sure. If i break one tiny little law i don't love God. But if we hate our sin, pride, envy, hate, whatever it is, if we hate our sin and put only God before us, nothing ahead of him, then we love him. But who would do this? I know we think we do, but do we really put everything behind God? What if God asked you to be like Isaak and take your son up on the mount and kill him, what then? or your car or house or whatever? We would think up a way of why we are wrong, so we would not need to listen. No one is good, no not one. God is able though and i praise Jesus.
 
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in order to love God i must not sin like Jesus. Not going to happen by my own power for sure. If i break one tiny little law i don't love God. But if we hate our sin, pride, envy, hate, whatever it is, if we hate our sin and put only God before us, nothing ahead of him, then we love him. But who would do this? I know we think we do, but do we really put everything behind God? What if God asked you to be like Isaak and take your son up on the mount and kill him, what then? or your car or house or whatever? We would think up a way of why we are wrong, so we would not need to listen. No one is good, no not one. God is able though and i praise Jesus.

To love is not big bro, His Seed has little size even - it is the growth factor we need to keep into account.

If you work with your faith as small as a mustard seed your faith will turn into a massive tree - good for much life to find food, shade and protection in - so it is with God's love.

God loves us - this is HEAPS of love however small the imprint within our hearts it makes in our sight.:thumbsup:

It is for us to honour that and let Him grow -:bow::bow::bow:- all from God and through God - also the increase.:thumbsup:

So if we think we must labour we are mistaken and outside of His Rest :blush: - our job is to pray for the increase,:prayer: understand the prune before hand,:doh: and eat and drink His Good so we will bear much fruit.:holy:


Song of Solomon 1:4 Take me away with you—let us hurry!
Let the king bring me into his chambers.



Love Making.

My love removes what has no desire or need
To bare to the passions of embracing His Love
Pure ecstasy as His Holy Love releases The Seed
Love making conceiving Heavenly bliss from above
My love carrying what His Good Loving has Sown
Patiently waiting the time for delivery to Come
Our Heavenly Father to give a Child of His Own
Hear angels adore Him who gave us The Son.


 
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