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This is a Bible study on GOD is Love.
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Special Note: There is not enough room in the whole
world to write down the Glory of God, the Majesty of God, the Wonder of God, or
the Grace of God. No book or website in this world could contain all the
fullness of God. God is greater than anything we can imagine. Our meager attempt with this website is to share
and give people a
glimpse of God's Glory, endless love and compassion which God has reveled of
Himself through His word.
God is love and the
Holy Bible
contains the words of God and everything that we ever need to know
about
God and His love.
The Holy Bible
says God is Love...Who is God? God is love.
What is Love? God is Love.
The scriptures tell
us all that God is love
(1 John 4:16). God is love
and God loves us! (John 3:16).
The Word of God, the Holy
Bible, is the greatest love story ever told.
The Bible contains the revelation of GOD Himself to mankind. The Bible is
our manual our guide to all things GOD. Within the pages of the Holy
Bible, we see the perfect plan of GOD, who He is, how and why He created all
things, the purpose of mankind, and the love of GOD.
GOD and His love is the theme
of the Holy Bible.
There is no greater love
anywhere than the love of God. There is no greater love than the love God has for each and everyone of us, His creation.
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Herein is love, not that we loved God,
but that he loved us,
and sent his Son to be the propitiation for
our sins.
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us.
God is love;
and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
We love him, because he first loved us.
1 John 4:10,16,19 |
God is love. Love is at the
core, the center, the heart of GOD. We must understand God's
love to fully know God.
What is God's love? The word of
God tells us that "Here's what love is, not that we loved God, but
that He first loved us". God is love.
This Scripture says that it is not that we deserved God's love and not that God loves us
because we love Him. No, it says that God loved us first, before we loved Him.
God loved us so much that He sent to us His only
begotten Son, to this earth from Heaven, to save us all from
destroying ourselves, to save us from sin and
death, to save us so that we all could spend eternity with Him.
God loves us so much that He created each and everyone of us, and He created us
to be with Him forever.
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:16 |
We love God because He first loved us. We
are able to love God because He loved us first. God is
before all things. The love of God came before we were created.
God is the source of love. Love is a gift from God. We are gifted
love by God.
God's love, the love of God, is NOT the temporal, is not
selfish love talked about in this world. Don't confuse God's love with the
world's love. The world's love is self serving, selfish, self gratifying,
a poor, lacking, counterfeit copy of the love of God.
This information is detailed in the
section LOVE
For more go to - LOVE
God is love
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He that loveth not
knoweth not God;
for God is love. 1 John 4:8 And
we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God,
and God in him. 1 John 4:16 |
God is love. There is not
any real love without God.
Love comes from God alone. Any fragment of real love that you may possess comes
from God alone.
We know only a fraction of what love
really is, in our mortal human bodies in this wicked, sinful world.
We will see
true love, pure love one day, without any human limitations, when we see
our LORD God. How wonderful
and glorious that day will be!
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For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess to God.
Romans 14:11 Behold, he cometh with clouds;
and every eye shall see him,
and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him.
Even so, Amen.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,
saith the Lord,
which is, and which was, and which is to come,
the Almighty.
Revelation 1:7-8 |
God didn't create love, God is love.
Love is the essence of God, the nature of God, the heart of God,
God is love.
Without love
we cannot know God. Without living in love, showing love,
giving love, sharing love, we
cannot know God.
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He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is
love.
1 John 4:8 |
Love is holy, love is sacred, love is pure, love is precious, love is real.
We must love on purpose, we must be committed to love.
First, we love the Lord our God with all our heart, with
all our soul, and with all our might.
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Jesus said unto him,
Thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment.
Matthew 22:37-38
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy
strength:
this is the first commandment.
Mark 12:30
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy
strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Luke 10:27
O love the LORD, all ye his saints:
for the
LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
Psalm 31:23
The LORD preserveth all them that love him:
but all the wicked will he destroy.
Psalm 145:20
I love them that love me; and those that seek
me early shall find me.
Proverbs 8:17
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Second, we love one another. When we love God with
all our heart and commit ourselves to obey His word and follow Christ, we can
love one another, as God commands.
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And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself. Matthew 22:39 And the second is like, namely this,
Thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
There is none other commandment greater
than these. Mark 12:31 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless
them that curse you,
do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which
despitefully use you, and persecute you;
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven:
for he maketh his
sun to rise on the evil and on the good,
and sendeth rain on the just and on the
unjust. Matthew 5:44-45 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying
the truth through the Spirit
unto unfeigned love of the brethren,
see that ye
love one another with a pure heart fervently: 1 Peter 1:22 Honour thy father and thy mother: and,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Matthew 19:19 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and
lend, hoping for nothing again;
and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be
the children of the Highest:
for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. Luke 6:35 A new commandment I give unto you,
That ye
love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to
another. John 13:34-35
This is my commandment, That ye love one
another, as I have loved you.
John 15:12
These things I command you, that ye love one
another.
John 15:17
And this commandment have we from him,
That he
who loveth God love his brother also.
1 John 4:21
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ALL people who do NOT love, do NOT know God.
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If a man say, I love God, and hateth his
brother, he is a liar:
for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how
can he love God whom he hath not seen? 1 John 4:20 |
It is a fact that all people do NOT love God and all people do
NOT love one another. Those
without love
are lost people without God.
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In this the children of God are manifest,
and the children of the devil:
whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God,
neither he that loveth not his brother.
1 John 3:10 |
The will of God is that ALL people obtain
salvation through love and truth.
Oh, How I love Jesus! If we
love God the Father, we love His Son. The word of God reads that no one can love
God the Father, without
loving His Son, Jesus Christ, God the Son.
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Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the
Christ
is born of God:
and every one that loveth him that begat
loveth him also that is begotten of him.
By this we know that we love the children of God,
when we love God, and keep his commandments. 1 John 5:1-2 |
For more information see - LOVE
Do NOT be deceived: The
Scriptures never state that love is God. There are many
false doctrines in the world today that pervert and twist the true Word of God
and falsely claim that love is God. Nothing is before God.
God is love, but love is NOT God, as nothing is God
except God. For some this may not be a big thing, but whenever someone
changes the words of God around it is serious to God and to their eternal
destiny. The Scriptures tell us that damnation, eternal separation from
God, exists for anyone who adds to or subtracts from the Holy Word of God
(Revelation 22:18-19), and God promises us all that every jot and tittle,
every letter and word He gave will be fulfilled (Matthew 5:18).
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In this was manifested the love of God toward us,
because that God sent his only begotten Son
into the world,
that we might live through him.
Herein 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 4:9-10 |
God showed us His great love, through the greatest sacrifice
known to man, the crucifixion of Christ Jesus, the only begotten Son of God, for
the propitiation for our sins, to wash us clean from sin, to make us worthy to
enter the Kingdom of Heaven, this is love, this is how God showed His love for
us, by His greatest gift of love, the love sacrifice of His own Son for us, so
that we could receive eternal life.
For more information see - LOVE
God is the reason we exist and we owe everything we are to
God. Everything we have and will have is because God loves us and
gave it to us. We are nothing without God, we have nothing without God.
We owe God our life.
God loved us first.
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We love him, because he first loved us.
1 John 4:19 |
God gave us His
only begotten Son.
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life. John 3:16 Herein is love, not the we loved God, but that
he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:10 |
We love God
for saving us from our sins.
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But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
Even when we were dead in sins,
hath quickened us together with Christ,
(by grace ye are saved;)
And hath raised us up together,
and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
That in the ages to come he might shew
the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
For by grace are ye saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
For we are his workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus unto good works,
which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:4-10 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself,
and God, even our Father, which hath loved us,
and hath given us everlasting consolation
and good hope through grace, Comfort your hearts, and stablish you
in every good word and work.
2 Thessalonians 2:16,17 |
We love God
because he gave us Christ.
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And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given
himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
Ephesians 5:2 |
The Lord preserves us.
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O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the
faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
Psalm 31:23
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his
saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalm 97:10
I love the LORD, because he hat heard my voice and my
supplications.
Psalm 116:1
And we know all things work together for good
to them that love
God,
to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28
But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
1 Corinthians 8:3
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar:
for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen,
how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
1 John 4:20
By this we know that we love the children of God,
when we love God, and keep his commandments.
1 John 5:2
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We love God because He laid down His life for us
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Hereby perceive we the love of God,
because he laid down his life for us:
and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 1 John 3:16 |
For more information see - LOVE
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Beloved, If God so loved
us, we ought also to love one another.
1 John 4:11
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
1 John 4:8
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to
us.
God is love;
and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
1 John 4:16
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God is in all things.
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For what nation is there so great, who hath God so
nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
Deuteronomy 4:4 And he is the head of the body, the church:
who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead;
that in all things he might
have the preeminence.
Colossians 1:18 |
The Word of God is God.
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In the beginning was
the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. John 1:1 For there are three that bear record in
heaven,
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost:
and these three are one.
1 John 5:7 |
God is our God forever.
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For this God is our God for ever and ever:
He will be our guide even unto death. Psalm 48:14 |
God is one LORD.
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Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
Deuteronomy 6:4
And the LORD shall be king over all the earth:
in that day shall there be one LORD,
and His name one.
Zechariah 14:9
And Jesus answered him,
The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel;
The LORD our God is one LORD:
Mark 12:29
But there is but one God, the Father,
of whom are all things, and we in Him;
and one LORD Jesus Christ,
by whom are all things, and we by Him.
1 Corinthians 8:6
One LORD, one faith, one baptism,
One God and Father of all, who is above all,
and through all, and in you all.
Ephesians 4:5,6
Now a mediator is not a mediator of one,
but God is one.
Galatians 3:20
For there are three that bear record in
heaven,
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost:
and these three are one.
1 John 5:7
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God is God of gods.
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For the LORD your God is God of gods,
and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not
persons, nor taketh reward: Deuteronomy 10:17 |
God is our Saviour.
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I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no
saviour.
Isaiah 43:11 Tell ye, and bring them near; year, let them take counsel
together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that
time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a
Saviour; there is none beside me. Isaiah 45:21 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt
know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me. Hosea 13:4 |
God is a jealous God.
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For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous
God.
Deuteronomy 4:24 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest
the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off
the face of the earth. Deuteronomy 6:15 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD
revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and
he reserveth wrath for his enemies. Nahum 1:2 |
For more information see - LOVE
GOD says in His word that everyone that He
creates is loved by Him.
No one is unlovable.
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We love him, because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19 |
The love God has for us began before we
were born. Before God created us in our mother's womb - He loved
us - He loved us first - before we were and before any one
else loved us He loved us.
No one loves us more than God. God
loves us so much that He gave Himself for us so that we could live with Him
forever.
God gave you His word to you, so that you
could know and learn about Him - Personalize John 3:16 for yourself -
"For God so loved me, that He gave His only begotten Son for me, that if
I believe in Him I should not perish, but I would have everlasting life".
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In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God
sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live
through him. 1 John 4:9 |
The love that God has for us cannot be
measured. The love that God has for us is limitless. The love of
God is the gift of God.
God gifts His love to us - totally free -
totally unconditional. The love that God has for us cannot be earned,
because we received it before we were even born.
Even if our earthly families forget us, or
may not love us - God loves us and God will not forget us -
Isaiah 49:15.
God is for us - every day - all the time.
If God be for us, who can be against us? - Romans 8:31.
God created each of us to be with Him,
forever in His love.
God desires all of us to be where He created
us to be, which is with Him now and for all eternity.
God loves each person that He creates with an
unspeakable, unimaginable, immeasurable, unlimited love.
You are lovable, you are lovable by the one
who created you and the who knows all about love, the one who is love
- God.
You can always rest assured that God loves
you, no matter what, God loves you.
You are lovable!
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