Monday, April 6, 2009
THE DIMENSIONS OF GOD'S LOVE
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;that ye,being rooted and grounded in love, May be able able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and the depth, and height;And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be full with the fullness of God (Ephensians 3:17-19)
To be filled with the fullness of God is dependent upon our comprehension of the "dimensions' of God's love: the breadth, lenght, depth,and height of the Father's love.
The 'breath" of God's love refers to the width or the coverage of the Father love. How wide is it? Who does is include? John 3;16 gives us the answer: "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" God loves everyone in the world, even the worst sinner. Thus if you comprehend thye magnitude and infinitude of that love, then you too can love everybody you meet genuinely.
The "length" of God's love refers to the extent or limit of the father's love-how far can it go? Can it pursue the worst failures? Can it be stretched limitlessly in the face of provocation? The answer to all this is an emphatic YES!
God's love is limitless and doesn't give up. No womder Jesus said you must forgive if a brother offends you seventy times seven times (Matthew 18:21-22). Your love must know no limits.
The "depth" of God's love refers to the intensity of His love: "But God, being rich in mercy, because of the intense love which He bestwed on us,caused us, dead though we were thruogh our offences, to live with Christ..." (Ephensians 2:4-5). His love is so intense that, even when we didn't want Him, He accepted us and eventully won us over! This should be your love- attitude; this should be the character of your love; you must love others passionately and intensely as God does.
The "height of God's love refers to the loftiness of the charater of your love, beyond human weakness. It means walking in love at God's high levels os excellence. It means letting your love rise above the criticisms of others! It means walking in high level of God's love that the bitterness of others can't drown it.Your love ought to be so lofty that nothing of this world could make you condescend to the low levels of hate, back bitting and malice. Do you want to be with the fullness of God's love?Then, you must function by the dimensions of God's love. Stay at the high level of love that thinks and talks differently; you'll be amazed at the workings of God in your life.
1 Corithians 13:4-7
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I do believe that God's love is limitless but I believe that there is a limit of time that this Grace will be given. God's love is limitless but the time is not. People need to make the realization that God is coming back soon.
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