Is either his natural delight in that which is good, Is. 61: 8. or that especial affection he bears to his people, 1Jn 4:19. Not that he possesses the passion of love as we do; but it implies his absolute purpose and will to deliver, bless, and save his people. The love of God to his people appears in his all- wise designs and plans for their happiness, Eph 3:10.<\/p>\n
2. In the choice of them and determination to sanctify and glorify them, 2Th 2:13.<\/p>\n
3. In the gift of his Son to die for them, and redeem them from sin, death, and hell, Rom 5:9. Joh 3:16.<\/p>\n
4. In the revelation of his will, and the declaration of his promises to them, 2Pe 1:4.<\/p>\n
5. In the awful punishment of their enemies, Exo 19:4.<\/p>\n
6. In his actual conduct towards them; in supporting them in life, blessing them in death, and bringing them to glory, Rom 8:30, &c. Rom 6:23. The properties of this love may be considered as, <\/p>\n
1. Everlasting, Jer 31:3. Eph 1:4.<\/p>\n
2. Immutable, Mal 3:6. Zep 3:17.<\/p>\n
3. Free, neither the sufferings of Christ nor the merits of men are the cause, but his own good pleasure, Joh 3:16.<\/p>\n
4. Great and unspeakable, Eph 2:4; Eph 2:6; Eph 3:19; Psa 36:7.<\/p>\n
LOVE OF GOD Is either his natural delight in that which is good, Is. 61: 8. or that especial affection he bears to his people, 1Jn 4:19. Not that he possesses the passion of love as we do; but it implies his absolute purpose and will to deliver, bless, and save his people. The love … Continue reading “LOVE OF GOD”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}