GOD IS LOVE

GOD IS LOVE!!

 (1 John 4:8,16) He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

There is only one True and Living God (Ex.20:2-3) who exists as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that He is worthy of all honor, praise, and glory as the Creator, Sustainer, and Beginning and End of all things (Rev. 4:11; 5:9-10; Isa. 43:1,7,21) Jesus Christ is the Messiah, the Word who became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:1,14)

He loves me as He does Jesus.

 (John 17:23) 23 “I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

You have to have a revelation of God’s Love.

Romans 8:39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.NLT

Because He is Love, so am I.

(1Jn 4:17-21)  In this is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment/crisis, that as He is, so also we are in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has torment. He who fears has not been perfected in love. We love Him because He first loved us. If anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For if he does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And we have this commandment from Him, that he who loves God should love his brother also.

I AM LOVE!! We are love!!

Romans 5:8 and God does commend His own love to us, that, in our being still in sin; Christ did die for us;YLT

He who is destitute of love has never had any knowledge of God; because God is love.1 John 4:8 Weymouth

As Jesus is, so are we. Jesus is in the Father, we are in Jesus. We come from the father's bosom/ heart.

Bosom means: The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings etc.; one's secret feelings; desire. (heart)

In the Greek bosom means a body of running water. (Joh 7:38)  He who believes on Me, as the Scripture has said, "Out of his belly shall flow rivers  (running water) of living water."

God did not create mankind because He was lonely. God was perfect Love in Trinity –God created because He IS Triune Love that always seeks “others” to participate in the love-fest of His Trinitarian Love.

God IS Love, and He cannot cease to be God. He cannot cease to be Love, or to act in Love. He had intimated to the first couple in the garden that He would come back for them – a Messianic promise (3:15). A promise He renewed throughout the old covenant.

Faithful to His promises the God of Love pursued mankind to restore His beloved human beings into His Trinitarian Love.

 “God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son...” (Jn. 3:16). The incarnation of the Son of God as the God-man, the “one mediator between God and man” (I Tim. 2:5), is the singular greatest and miraculous expression of God’s love for mankind. The Son of God assumed humanity ... became flesh ... one of us. The incarnation of Jesus Christ was intended to be the restoration of God’s divine Love-life in all of mankind, as the “life of Jesus is manifested in our mortal flesh” (II Cor. 4:11).

 “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their deeds were evil.” (Jn. 3:17,18).

God loved us. God sought us. “God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself” (II Cor. 5:19).

Divine Love-life cannot be earned, merited or purchased. As with physical life which begins with conception and birth, so the metaphor of birth is applied to the reception of the spiritual life of God.

We know Greek dictionaries define 4 kinds of love:

• Eros-means "love, mostly passion." The Modern Greek word "erotas" means "intimate love." Plato refined his own definition: Although eros is initially felt for a person, with contemplation it becomes an appreciation of the beauty within that person.

• Philia-means "affectionate regard, friendship," usually "between equals."It is a dispassionate virtuous love, a concept developed by Aristotle.

• Agape -means "love, charity; the love of God for man and of man for God." Agape is used in ancient texts to denote feelings for one's children and the feelings for a spouse, and it was also used to refer to a love feast.  Agape is used by Christians to express the unconditional love of God for his children.
• Storge-means "love, affection" and "especially of parents and children" It's the common or natural empathy, like that felt by parents for offspring.

However, these are not defined in Scripture.

This spiritual rebirth becomes active again in our spirit is not merely a readjustment of thought processes. It is not a renewal of dedication to be the best we can be. It is not a reorientation of our desires and aspirations. Spiritual regeneration means “to bring into being again spiritually” (darkness to light).” The life of the divine Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is restored and brought into being again within the spirit of a receptive individual, so that they participate again in the drama of God’s Love as God intended when He first created mankind.

This is agape.

(Rom 5:8)  But God commends His love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.

 The love-life that the Christian receives in Jesus Christ is not just a deposit that is only to be fully experienced in heaven someday. It is the fallacy of religion that projects the fulfillment of the love relationship to the future. The life of the risen Lord Jesus is to be lived out in our behavior on earth, exhibiting the love relationship that we have with our Savior.

God, that the Triune God (Elohim), has come to express His love-life in us. “Do you not recognize that Jesus Christ is in you? (II Cor. 13:5). “This is the mystery...Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col. 1:26,27). Having become a “new creature” (II Cor. 5:17), “it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me” (Gal. 2:20).

Love is not just in you. Love is you.

When the love-life of Father, Son and Holy Spirit is expressed in us, and as us, and through us, Love grows in your soulish realm and physical actions from the Love in You; This is the principle:

 “Love fulfills the law” (Rom. 13:8-10; Gal. 5:14).

Perfect Love casts out all fear and covers a multitude of sin.

(1Jn 4:18)  There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has torment. He who fears has not been perfected in love.

(1Pe 4:8)  And above all things have fervent love to yourselves, for love will cover a multitude of sins.

Ephesians 5:1-2 MSG: Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn't love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.

* LOVE (AGAPE) *

Charity (AGAPE: Strong’s #26) suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.  Charity never faileth (1 Corinthians 13:4-8).

LOVE: 

- Suffers Long - is an unlimited resource

- Is Kind - is impartial

- Envieth not - is above emotions

- Vaunteth not itself - operates in the sufficiency of God

- Is not Puffed up - is above intellect

- Is not Unseemly - gives and does not grab

- Seeketh not her own - glorifies God (is not self centered)

- Is not Easily Provoked - is above circumstances

- Thinketh no evil - values the Good

- Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but Rejoiceth in the Truth - brings and is good news

- Beareth all things, Believeth all things, Hopeth all things, Endures all things - is foundational

- Never fails - is eternal

LOVE IS:  infinite, impartial, in the Spirit, in control, illuminating, instant in season, intent on Him, incorruptible, immortal, ideal, indissoluble, indestructible.

LOVE IS NOT:  partial, prejudiced, petty, pompous, puffed up, pushy, prideful, provoked, polluted, promoting sin, passive, perishable.

LOVE DOES:  bring repentance, remit, receive from Him, reveal the Christ, rest in Him, respect others, reverence God, redeem, resurrect, rejoice, restore, remain.

LOVE DOES NOT:  frustrate, factionalize, fret, flaunt fantasize, fornicate, fight, fester, fear, fabricate fiction, falter, fail.

Tough love is an oxymoron….a contradictory term.

If we express love in an unsentimental way (which is not love at all), we send two messages. I love you but there's a provision. If we are affectionately concerned in a stern way , we are not fully engaged. Tough love is a management mindset. It rules by fear, terms and conditions.

God is LOVE (1 John 4:8,16).

YOU ARE LOVE!!I AM LOVE!!

Ga 5:22-23  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Eph 5:9  (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT VS FRUIT OF THE CARNAL NATURE

Love -                         Lust

Joy-                             Grief/Sorrow

Peace-                       Strife

Longsuffering-           Impatience     (All selfishness)

Kindness-                  Cruelty

Goodness -                Evil

Faithfulness-             Unfaithfulness/Deceitful

Gentleness-               Rash/ Rage

Self-Control-             Anger

Joy is love exalted, peace is love in repose/rest, long-suffering is love enduring, gentleness is love bowing, goodness is love in action, faith is love trusting, meekness is love not fighting , and temperance is love not controlling.

Love is not an emotion; it is your very existence.

Jesus was completely dependent upon the Father. In this expression of humility, obedience and dependence we see the ideal son, since a son is to reproduce his father's thought and action. He does nothing by himself, or more literally, "from himself"; his source of being and activity is not himself but his Father. He cannot act from himself, for to do so would be to exist autonomously from God. 

Christ was in the Father; we are in Christ.

(Gal 2:20)  I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

JESUS I AM’s 

John 15:5 - I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

John 14:6 - Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

John 8:58 - Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

HOW POWERFUL IS I AM?

(John 18:4-6)  Then Jesus, knowing all things that were coming upon Him, went out and said to them, Whom do you seek?

They answered Him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus said to them, I AM! And Judas who betrayed Him also stood with them. Then as soon as He had said to them, I AM, they went backward and fell to the ground.

It is in the Gospel of John, however, that the most beautiful and personally meaningful "I am"s are found. There are seven of these, as follows:

1. "I am the bread of life" (John 6:35,48,51).
2. "I am the light of the world" (John 8:12).
3. "I am the door of the sheep"(John 10:7,9).
4. "I am the good shepherd" (John 10:11,14).
5. "I am the resurrection, and the life" (John 11:25).
6. "I am the way, the truth, and the life" (John 14:6).
7. "I am the true vine" (John 15:1,5).

As He is so are we.1 John 4:17

Without question, in this place of I AM...we are many, yet only ONE.

If I am feeling sad...if I am feeling hurt...if I am feeling rejected or even confused...it is really not who I AM. I AM the knowing...not the condition that is known.

The Word of God Says in Jesus Christ…

I am faithful (Ephesians 1:1)

I am God’s child (John 1:12)

I have been justified (Romans 5:1)

I am Christ’s friend (John 15:15)

I belong to God (1 Corinthians 6:20)

I am a member of Christ’s Body (1 Corinthians 12:27)

I am assured all things work together for good (Romans 8:28)

I have been established, anointed and sealed by God (2 Corinthians 1:21-22)

I am confident that God will perfect the work He has begun in me (Philippians 1:6)

I am a citizen of heaven (Philippians 3:20)

I am hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3)

God is "ALL LOVING, ALL KNOWING, PURE HEALTH, PURE ABUNDANCE, PURE GOODNESS, PURE CREATIVENESS, PURE JOY, PURE PASSION, PURE WORTH, PURE DESERVING". 

Since you are God's offspring and are "ONE" with HIM, you deserve to 'feel' and 'live' all of those things....because YOU ARE ALL OF THOSE THINGS. (1 John 4:17)

This is a motto I live/love by everyday:

BE YOURSELF;BE LOVE!