I will stumble upon some article about God's love for us...how it is unconditional and stronger than any human love. God is Love. And so on...
Inevitably the author then somewhere says "all we have to do is accept this love."
I love my kids. As close to unconditionally as humanly possible. Do they have to accept my love? Do they have to do anything at all? No, I will love them regardless.
The "accepting" of God's love may allow us to feel His love or believe in His love, but His love is not conditional on us accepting it!
God is Love and He loves all of us.
Thanks God is love ,
I do believe you got something there !
Just read an article about how the DNA of the male and the DNA of the female are 50 /50 make one new flesh =child , they have exactly half and half making one new and whole being
Than considering Jesus Christ being called the son of man and the son of God and the only one of His kind .
Was this a new thing they spoke of in Gods plan way back as prophesied to come and have now being the fruit of the womb , and out of the belly flows LIVING WATER CHRIST IN YOU the hope of glory ?
Having thought of it before but it never ever bore ''fruit '' and never does until the proper time that God gives the increase basically the fruit ,substance of faith believing
This has given a whole new meaning of being born again from above , to me , as the scriptures ,''If God had not left us a seed , we would be just as sodom and Gomorrah'' . the remnant seed / Word of God becoming flesh and dwelling within His people Called the Lord Jesus Christ a new creation though Him .
God will do a new thing in faith[substance of things hoped for ] , hope [being made Alive in Christ ]and Love [ being the fruits of the HOLY SPIRIT] ...
in Isaiah 43 18"Do not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past. 19"Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert. 20"The beasts of the field will glorify Me, The jackals and the ostriches, Because I have given waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My chosen people....
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
Exodus 17:6
I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink." So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
I can remember many years ago of not being able to read the bible whatsoever it was as if a veil was covering it , and could not make heads nor tails of it .
and can only remember the first time in Ecc 9 when only 23 and dealing with the death of my 20 year old brother suddenly , a sibling , I begged God for some kind of answer
to be conforted with , there was no peace in my earthly condition and spirit was so vexed and troubled and all emotions flowed out from the core of my being , forsaken because death had consumed me because I loved my brother more than myself , this is when God first ''planted the seed of hope in my heart ''
For any one of us can tell when we are ''touched by God ?'' The thick darkness and gloom was there , increasing in the midst of all that , till that tiny glimmer of hope emerged , the things of God I had heard of Him as a child on had come a small light of peace and hope within , a comfort and answer in death .
This was what made me hope in God in my carnal mind when there was no hope in the world at all and believe this happens to us all in some form and degree I do not fully understand it all .
10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol/grave /hidden things / unseen where you are going.
11I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth to the discerning nor favor to men of ability; for time and chance overtake them all.
12 Moreover, man does not know his time:
like fish caught in a treacherous net and birds trapped in a snare, so the sons of men are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them.
I do believe that even being that carnal minded and stuck with a blow , the Lord pierced though with the Light of Love and saved me from myself those dark and terrifying empty thoughts during the loss of human earthly /temporary life with love showing greater Love than that ,
Shows us that we are to not put peace or stock and safety in anything earthly all being temporary as security in and clinging to Jesus for our lives [joy ,peace Holy Spirit comfort ]
We all do suffer loss continually in this realm , but to gain the greater things of Gods love though faith as hope in Jesus Christ strengthens us to endure to the end .
Because God knows fully what love is , we can only begin to know that GOD IS LOVE .
What a very :goodpost: Rose!! :girlheart:
Quote from: GodIsLove on March 14, 2016, 07:02:31 AM
I will stumble upon some article about God's love for us...how it is unconditional and stronger than any human love. God is Love. And so on...
Inevitably the author then somewhere says "all we have to do is accept this love."
I love my kids. As close to unconditionally as humanly possible. Do they have to accept my love? Do they have to do anything at all? No, I will love them regardless.
The "accepting" of God's love may allow us to feel His love or believe in His love, but His love is not conditional on us accepting it!
God is Love and He loves all of us.
Absolutely!! :iagree: :iagree: Seems only logical doesn't it!? :cloud9:
I agree! And per what Jesus said to Nicodemus, I think the issue is being born from above - which is again dependent upon the Father - rather than "accepting" Him.