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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Loved and Loving

He loved us not because we were lovable, but because He is love. -C.S. Lewis

We love because he first loved us.- 1 John 4:19 (NIV)


He loved us.
He loved us first.
He loved us enough to reach out to us and extend love towards us.
When you love someone as much as God loved us, you will go out of your way for them.
He loved us.
He loved us first.

Since we have encountered and experienced His love for us, we ought to be examples and expressions of his love towards others.  James said it would fulfill the "royal law."  Paul wrote of what love did and didn't do.  John wrote extensively on love, quoting Jesus in the Gospel of John and sharing about the "new commandment" of the Master. 

Psalm 136 is replete with a repetitive phrase about God's love: for his steadfast love endures forever (ESV).  It appears again in Psalm 100:5; 106:1; 107:1; and multiple times in Psalm 118.  What we discover is that God has a steadfast love and a that endures.  His love endures our disobedience and lack of faith.  His love is an extension of Himself towards us because God is love.Study His Word and discover His love.  Study His Word and discover how to love once again.  Discover how to love like the Master.




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