Attribute of God – Love
Love is an expression of Gods very nature. He is love and he loves us 1 John 4:16 We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
Gods love for the Hebrews
God did not choose the Hebrews because they were great or mighty, but because he loved them. Deut 7:7-8 "The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples, but because the LORD loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the LORD brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
He loved them when they were disobedient and in rebellion Hos 11:1-4 When Israel {was} a youth I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son. The more they called them, The more they went from them; They kept sacrificing to the Baals And burning incense to idols. Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them in My arms; But they did not know that I healed them. I led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love, And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws; And I bent down {and} fed them.
For more Jer 31:3 , Deut 10:15
God’s love for the sinner
He loved us when we were sinners Rom 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Eph 2:1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, Eph 2:4-5 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
Overwhelmed by the power of guilt, David prayed that God would have mercy on him according to his stead fast love Ps 51:1 Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions. For more Hos 14:4
Patient Love - Enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance
Hos 11:8 How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned over within Me, All My compassions are kindled. For more Deut 29:23,
Hos 3:1 Then the LORD said to me, "Go again, love a woman {who} is loved by {her} husband, yet an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes."
Everlasting Love - Lasting for an indefinitely long period of time
Is 54:7-8 "For a brief moment I forsook you, But with great compassion I will gather you.”In an outburst of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, But with everlasting lovingkindness I will have compassion on you," Says the LORD your Redeemer.
Rom 8:38-39 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. For more Ps 89:31-33
Corrective Love - Designed to promote discipline
Prov 3:12 For whom the LORD loves He reproves, Even as a father {corrects} the son in whom he delights.
Heb 12:6 FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES."
Rev 3:19 'Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.
Protective Love - Showing a care
Deut 23:5 "Nevertheless, the LORD your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because the LORD your God loves you.
Is 43:3-4 "For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.”Since you are precious in My sight, {Since} you are honored and I love you, I will give {other} men in your place and {other} peoples in exchange for your life.
Incarnate Love
1 John 4:9 By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For More Titus 3:4-6
Sacrificial Love
1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son {to be} the propitiation for our sins.
Rom 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Active Love
Is 63:9 In all their affliction He was afflicted, And the angel of His presence saved them; In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them, And He lifted them and carried them all the days of old.
1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son {to be} the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:19 We love, because He first loved us.
Demanding Love - Requiring more than usually expected
Deut 10:18-19 "He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing.”So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
1 John 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:21 And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.
1 Thess 4:9 Now as to the love of the brethren, you have no need for {anyone} to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another;
Impartial Love - Showing lack of favoritism
1 John 3:16 We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
2 Cor 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
