The Magnitude Of God’s Divine Love – Bible study

The lyrics we often sing in Frederick M. Lehmans hymn, The Love of God, captures in word pictures, the breathtaking magnitude of Gods divine love.

The third verse reads:

Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade;

To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky.

Oh, love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure
The saints and angels song.

These marvelous lyrics echo the apostle Pauls response to the love of God. The apostle prayed that we might be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:18-19).

As we expand our knowledge of Gods love for us (John 3:16-17; John 15:13; Romans 5:1-11), we soon realize that its full measure is beyond our understanding. Even if the ocean were filled with ink, using every stalk on earth as a quill to write about the magnitude of Gods love, would simply drain the ocean dry.

How measureless is the magnitude of God’s divine love!