The Greatest Love February 14, 2011 thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of." (Genesis 22:2) marital love, erotic love,brotherly love, maternal love, patriotic love, family love, and love for all kinds of things--pets,food, money, sports, and on and on. But what is the greatest love? by the principle of first mention of important biblical words, the first time the word "love" occurs should be a key to its use all through the Bible. Rather surprisingly , love is first encountered here in our text, speaking of the love of a father for his son, of Abraham for Isaac, the son of promise. Furthermore, the father is being told by the very God who made the promise to offer his beloved son as a sacrifice! know that this entire scene is a remarkable type of the heavenly Father and His willingness to offer His own beloved Son in sacrifice for the sin of the world. This tells us that the love of this human father for his human son is an earthly picture of the great eternal love of the Father in heaven for His only begotten Son. is the ultimate source of all love, for that love was being exercised before the world began. When Jesus prayed to His Father the night before His sacrificial death, He confirmed this great truth; "for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world," He prayed (John 17:24). Indeed, "God is love" (1 John 4:8), and the eternal love within the triune Godhead is the fountainhead of all true human love here on earth. HMM www.icr.org/change |
Monday, February 14, 2011
DAYS OF PRAISE- THE GRATEST LOVE- FEBRUARY 14
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