Saturday, January 14, 2012

Exo 3:14  God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And he said, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"

Absolute Love is a demanding Love, requiring submission and an acceptable offering of obedience, a holy absolute Love, 
Lev 19:1,2 "And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy." 

Absolute Love expects reverence and respect.

Lev 19:3  "Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God."

Absolute Love expects to be the first and foremost love of our lives, He receives only acceptable offerings.

Lev 19:4-8  "Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal: I am the LORD your God. 
 "When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.   It shall be eaten the same day you offer it or on the day after, and anything left over until the third day shall be burned up with fire.  If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is tainted; it will not be accepted, and everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned what is holy to the LORD, and that person shall be cut off from his people." 

Absolute love requires a heart of giving and sharing, to help others in need, those without support.

Lev 19:9,10  "When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the LORD your God.

Lying, stealing and falsehood do not reflect love, He won't put up with defaming or profaning His loving character. He is jealous for Absolute Love.

Lev 19:11,12  "You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the LORD." 

Oppressing others is against Absolute Love.Absolute Love is just and demands justice.

Lev 19:13-15  "You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning. You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the LORD. "You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor. 

Slandering others and hatred cannot be a part of Absolute Love.Vengeance and grudges destroy love.

Lev 19:16-18  "You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.  "You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD." 

Absolute Love is a holy, pure and consistent love. The same yesterday today and forever. 

Absolute Love is easy to sum up.

Mat 22:35-40  "And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets." 



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