Four facts about the love of God

By Don Fortner

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"Behold! How great is the love which the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!" 1 John 3:1

I cannot begin to explain the unfathomable love of God. But I do want to share with you four facts about the love of God revealed in Holy Scripture:

1. The love of God is without beginning.
There never was a time when God began to love His people. Like God Himself, His love for us is eternal. He says, "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love! Therefore with loving-kindness I have drawn you!" Jeremiah 31:3. In eternal love, He chose His own elect in Christ, before the world was. In love, He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will! Ephesians 1:5

Those whom God loves today, He has always loved, and will always love.

2. The love of God is without measure.
It would be far easier to measure the waters of the ocean in a tea cup, than to measure the love of God in our puny brains and hearts. Paul tells us that the height and depth and length and breadth of the love of God in Christ, surpass all comprehension.

3. The love of God is without change.
God's love is perfect--it never changes. He does not love today, and hate tomorrow. Our love to Him varies from day to day, but His love towards us knows no variation. If you are truly one of His own, there is nothing you can do that will cause Him to cease loving you, or even to love you less. This immutable and unchanging love, is a love such as we might expect from our gracious and merciful God.

4. The love of God is without end.
He will never cease to cherish His own people. Children of God, take comfort in this astounding fact: "God is love!"

Truly the love of God for His people is . . .
   without beginning,
      without measure,
         without change
            and without end!

"May you have the power to understand, as all God's people should,
 how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is!
 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great
 to understand fully!" Ephesians 3:18-19