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His Wonderful Love Expressed, February 6
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us,
that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world
knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
1 John 3:1
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Love is the principle that underlies God’s government in heaven and
on earth, and this love must be interwoven in the life of the Christian....
The heart that is influenced by this holy principle will be carried above
everything of a selfish nature.
When we seek for appropriate language in which to describe the
love of God, we find words too tame, too weak, too far beneath the
theme, and we lay down our pen and say, “No, it cannot be described.”
We can only do as did the beloved disciple, and say, “Behold, what
manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be
called the sons of God.”
1 John 3:1
. In attempting any description of
this love, we feel that we are as infants lisping their first words. Silently
we may adore; for silence in this matter is the only eloquence. This love
is past all language to describe.
All the paternal love which has come down from generation to
generation through the channel of human hearts, all the springs of
tenderness which have opened in the souls of men, are but as a tiny rill
to the boundless ocean when compared with the infinite, exhaustless
love of God. Tongue cannot utter it; pen cannot portray it. You may
meditate upon it every day of your life; you may search the Scriptures
diligently in order to understand it; you may summon every power and
capability that God has given you, in the endeavor to comprehend the
love and compassion of the heavenly Father; and yet there is an infinity
beyond. You may study that love for ages; yet you can never fully
comprehend the length and the breadth, the depth and the height, of the
love of God in giving His Son to die for the world. Eternity itself can
never fully reveal it. Yet as we study the Bible and meditate upon the
life of Christ and the plan of redemption, these great themes will open
to our understanding more and more.
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