GOD IS LOVE – HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY – 1 John 4
God’s infinite love includes ALL the human beings in whose nature love is or ever has been, whether they ever heard of God or Christ or not.
Art as expression – NOT as market campaigns, will still capture our Imaginations
God’s infinite love includes ALL the human beings in whose nature love is or ever has been, whether they ever heard of God or Christ or not.
It is the fundamental commandment underlying the whole economy of redemption.
Satan is NOT a god properly, but is merely one in reference to those who have sinfully made him such.
The mystery of the Christian religion far surpasses anything affected in the mysteries of the Greeks, and notably in the fact of its having been foreordained in God’s purpose even before the creation of the world.
One of the most glorious passages in all the Word of God is these three verses. “The glory of this passage is enhanced, if that is possible, by its setting as an oasis between the visionary waste of Isaiah 34 and the history of war, sickness and folly in Isaiah 36-39.”
John means the place of the final struggle between the powers of evil and the kingdom of God. And where is any such place if it is not in the hearts of people? Everywhere in the New Testament, the element of victory through judgment is an inescapable aspect of Christ’s total work. This battle is between the truth in Christ and the evil propaganda of Satan, and the truth of Christ will win.
The tragic consequences of failure to observe this principle of secrecy are today clearly visible on a national scale where the state’s ostentatious helping of the poor has degraded millions who, stripped of every dignity, must stand in line, bare the innermost secrets of their souls to “case workers,” and finally sink into a state of permanent and professional poverty and the complete abandonment of self-esteem, self-reliance, and responsibility.