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Chapter 11
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The Love of God
1. WHAT is God declared to be?
"God is love." 1 John 4:16.
2. How great is God's love for the
world?
"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.
3. In what act especially has
God's love been manifested?
"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.
4. In what does God delight?
"Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth
iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the
remnant of His heritage? He retaineth not His anger
forever, because He delighteth in mercy." Micah
7:18.
5. How are His mercies continually
manifested?
"It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not
consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are
new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness." Lam.
3:22,23.
6. Upon how many does God
bestow His blessings?
"He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the
good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust."
Matt. 5:45.
7. What did Jesus say of the one
who loves Him?
"He that loveth Me shall be loved of My
Father, and I will love him, and will
manifest Myself unto him." John 14:21.
8. Into what relationship to
God does His love bring us?
"Behold, what manner of love the Father hath
bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons
of God." 1 John 3:1.
9. How may we know that we are the
sons of God?
"For as many as are led by the Spirit of
God, they are the sons of God. . . . The Spirit
itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are
the children of God." Rom. 8:14-16.
10. How is the love of God
supplied to the believer?
"And hope maketh not ashamed; because the
love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy
Ghost which is given unto us." Rom. 5:5.
11. In view of God's great love
to us, what ought we to do?
"Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to
love one another." 1 John 4:11.
12. With what measure of love
should we serve others?
"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.
13. What exhortation is based
upon Christ's love for us?
"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 sweet-smelling savor." Eph.
5:2.
14. Upon what ground does God's
work for sinners rest?
"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." Eph. 2:4-6. See Titus 3:5,6.
15. In what other way is God's
love sometimes shown?
"For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth,
and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth."
Heb. 12:6.
16. In view of God's great love,
what may we confidently expect?
"He that spared not His own Son, but
delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him
also freely give us all things?" Rom. 8:32.
17. What is God's love able to do
for His children?
"Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not
harken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the
curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord
thy God loved thee." Deut. 23:5.
18. When men appreciate God's
love, what will. they do?
"How excellent is Thy loving-kindness, O God!
therefore the children of men put their trust under
the shadow of Thy wings." Ps. 36:7.
19. How
enduring is God's love for us?
"The Lord
hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have
loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with
loving-kindness have I drawn thee." Jer. 31:3.
20. Can
anything separate the true child of God from the love of
God?
"For I am
persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor
things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other
creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of
God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Rom. 8:38,39.
21. Unto whom will the saints
forever ascribe praise?
"Unto Him that loved us, and washed us
from our sins in His
own blood,
. . . to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever."
Rev. 1:5,6.
There's a
wideness in God's mercy,
Like the wideness of the sea;
There's a kindness in His justice,
Which is more than liberty.
There is
welcome for the sinner,
And more graces for the good;
There is mercy with the Saviour;
There is healing in His blood.
For the
love of God is broader
Than the measure of man's mind,
And the heart of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind.
If our love
were but more simple,
We should take Him at His word;
And our lives would be all sunshine
In the sweetness of our Lord.
FREDERICK W.
FABER.
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