God’s love is passionate
God’s love is never half-hearted or compromised by weak or questionable motives. All expressions of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are a perfectly synchronised outpouring of His holy character. God’s passionate nature runs red hot with affection for His people. Yahweh is not capable of stoic, dry, or lifeless…
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The more self-absorbed this world becomes; the less people care about how God reveals Himself. Despite this, God clearly reveals Himself to us through His written Word and creation. Jeremiah 9:24 showcases God’s affections. Let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast…
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The Bible tells us that anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love (1 John 4:8), which is confronting at two levels. First, this verse tests our understanding of God’s love nature. Second, this challenges how God’s love is, or is not, expressed in our behaviour as Christians. John declares…
Read MoreGod’s steadfast love endures forever
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, his greatness is unsearchable (Psalm 145:3). While mortal man may not be able to comprehend the vast extent of God’s nature, we are able to comprehend that which has been revealed to us (1Co 2:10). In Psalm 40:5, David confesses his inability to tell everything about…
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