GOD IS LOVE

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Dmarie

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1 Corinthians 13:4-7
"Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongdoings; love is not happy with evil but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail."

But because GOD IS LOVE, you can replace the word "love" with "God" in this text and end up with a beautiful picture of God's character.

"God is patient and kind; He is not jealous or conceited or proud; God is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; God does not keep a record of wrongdoings; God is not happy with evil but is happy with the truth. God never gives up; and his faith, hope, and patience never fail."
 
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Dmarie said:
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
"Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongdoings; love is not happy with evil but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail."

But because GOD IS LOVE, you can replace the word "love" with "God" in this text and end up with a beautiful picture of God's character.

"God is patient and kind; He is not jealous or conceited or proud; God is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; God does not keep a record of wrongdoings; God is not happy with evil but is happy with the truth. God never gives up; and his faith, hope, and patience never fail."
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Well spoken sister.....
 
studentoftheword

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This is a wonderful True picture of God -------Thanks for posting ------





I say

The love here is Agape ----God Is Agape ------

-This love is not at all like our Natural Worldly love -----Our Human Love depends on our emotions -----it is a conditional Love ------

Agape Loves the unlovely ----no matter what anyone does to us ---we love them anyway ------we are nothing but filthy rags but God who is Agape ----Loves us with all our baggage ----He Loves us whether we Love Him or not ------He loves His Mockers ----His Haters ---- this Love knows no boundaries -----



The 1st command is ------To Love God -----This Love here is Agape ----you can only have this Love by and through the indwelling of Holy Spirit -----As Agape is a Fruit of the Spirit -------

Dmarie said:
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
"Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongdoings; love is not happy with evil but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail."
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So Do we really --really ----Agape God ----which is the First command -----all of the things listed in the Scripture only comes from Agape ------How much are we committed to having this Love ------

 
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Dmarie said:
"God is patient and kind; He is not jealous or conceited or proud; God is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; God does not keep a record of wrongdoings; God is not happy with evil but is happy with the truth. God never gives up; and his faith, hope, and patience never fail."
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Very nice. I like that. Very comforting to know that we can just simply trust in His love.
 
MessengerofTruth

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Dmarie said:
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
"Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongdoings; love is not happy with evil but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail."

But because GOD IS LOVE, you can replace the word "love" with "God" in this text and end up with a beautiful picture of God's character.

"God is patient and kind; He is not jealous or conceited or proud; God is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; God does not keep a record of wrongdoings; God is not happy with evil but is happy with the truth. God never gives up; and his faith, hope, and patience never fail."
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Something that I have recently been considering, a teaching about the ancient pronunciation of the name of YHWH.

It is said that it was pronounced YaHaVaH . I at first did not receive this as true, but I listened to it again with a meeker spirit and realized that it may be true.

Ya means GOD, in Hebrew,
Av means father,
Ahava means Love.

So, the Name means: GOD, the Father, is Love. Amazing!!! I love it!!! \:giggle:/
 
Webers.Home

Webers.Home

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●. 1 John 4:16 . . God is love

The language and grammar of that statement has never yet made any sense
to me. Now where the Bible says God is spirit, that I get; but the wording
above is confusing.
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Komentaja

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Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

So God is jealous, and He does keep a record of wrongdoings, in fact, He will judge humanity by their works.

Other than that, I agree
 
JonathanBentley

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Might have to go with good ol king James version to really match it.
 
Webers.Home

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● 1John 4:8 . . God is love.

I'm guessing that verse is telling us that God is the only actual love this
cosmos has ever known. So . . . when God gives Himself to someone, He's
blessed them with a gift that cannot be reciprocated.

For example: were I to give myself to God like He gives Himself to others,
God wouldn't be gaining a benefit, rather; He'd be gaining a drag.
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The 2nd important thing to remember today is that God is a a God of order.
And, yes, God IS a jealous God.
Exodus 34:14 for you shall not worship any other god, because the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
Out of all the books written on the names of God, this one is suspiciously absent.
So many christians are being judged because they steal God's glory.
 
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Seeking-the-Truth

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Dmarie said:
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
"Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongdoings; love is not happy with evil but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail."

But because GOD IS LOVE, you can replace the word "love" with "God" in this text and end up with a beautiful picture of God's character.

"God is patient and kind; He is not jealous or conceited or proud; God is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; God does not keep a record of wrongdoings; God is not happy with evil but is happy with the truth. God never gives up; and his faith, hope, and patience never fail."
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I think it is important that we keep in mind that love is behavior, a way of life - not an emotion. Thanks for the reminder.
 
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Dmarie said:
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
"Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongdoings; love is not happy with evil but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail."

But because GOD IS LOVE, you can replace the word "love" with "God" in this text and end up with a beautiful picture of God's character.

"God is patient and kind; He is not jealous or conceited or proud; God is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; God does not keep a record of wrongdoings; God is not happy with evil but is happy with the truth. God never gives up; and his faith, hope, and patience never fail."
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Underwhosewings

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Webers.Home said:
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● 1John 4:8 . . God is love.

I'm guessing that verse is telling us that God is the only actual love this
cosmos has ever known. So . . . when God gives Himself to someone, He's
blessed them with a gift that cannot be reciprocated.

For example: were I to give myself to God like He gives Himself to others,
God wouldn't be gaining a benefit, rather; He'd be gaining a drag.
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John 5:14 KJV
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
 
Webers.Home

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I can understand how God practices love, but I have yet to figure out He
exists as love.
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