Gal 5:22-23 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."  

"Now, why is it that the fruit of the Spirit is Love? Because God is love.    

And what does this mean?    

 It is the very nature and being of God to delight in communicating himself.  ... God's nature is to be always giving."   Andrew Murray

Absolute Surrender and Other Addresses     2005 Hendrickson Publishers, Inc.

He is Absolute Love.

The Absolute Love the Lord and son of Abraham.           Joh 8:56=58 "Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad."  So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham? Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am."           Gen 15:1 "After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great."               He is the Word of the Lord and has been eternally.            Joh 1:1-3 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made."

Daniel saw Him while in captivity.               Dan 7:13-14 "I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed."                 He lived on earth as Jesus of Nazareth. He is the giver of life and the judge of all.          Joh 5:20-27 "For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel. For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.  Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. "Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man."               He has redeemed and will be honored by peoples from every tongue and nation.                Rev 5:5-10 "And one of the elders said to me, "Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals." And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.  And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth."

People love a lot of things, the sin of many is they love the praise of other people. Better to love others because of the Absolute Love's presence in your life.                Joh 5:42-44 "But I know that you do not have the love of God within you. I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?"                    Do you know of when Moses wrote of Absolute Love? He is a witness to Yeshua of Nazareth (Isa).                          Joh 5:45-46 "Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, on whom you have set your hope. For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"                 The Torah.    Exo 34:6-7 "The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty"          Jesus the great "I Am, that I Am" Yahweh.           

                         Followers of Islam learn and believe in the message of Moses and the Injeel of Jesus.  From the Koran-"We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and that which was vouchsafed unto Moses and Jesus and the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered."

Yusuf Ali, Abdullah; Pickthall, Marmaduke; Shakir, Mohammad Habib (2008-04-16). Three Translations of The Koran (Kindle Locations 1771-1773). Kindle Edition.

The Absolute Love will be exalted, lift Him up.                 Joh 3:30-34 "He must increase, but I must decrease." He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all. He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony. Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true. For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure."                  There is a connection between belief and obedience. Absolute Love is not what you think, there is room for wrath. Absolute Love is absolute there is no measuring the overflowing love of His Spirit.                  Joh 3:35-36 "The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."

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Ed Stetzer - Jesus and Sexual Deviants

Sexual Intercourse does not equate to love!

Absolute Love flows through Him to His creation. He is intent on redeeming what has been corrupted.                 Joh 3:16-17 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him."               It is a simple remedy believe in His redemptive purposes in Jesus- Yeshua of Nazareth- Isa. Condemnation is not the issue, we are condemned already through rebellion and unbelief.                           Joh 3:18 "Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God."            Don't hold on to the dark, step out into the light of Absolute Love.                 Joh 3:19-21 "And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God."        Light reveals the reality of what you love.

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Absolute Love brings rest, apart from Him anxiety will take over and destroy peace.          Mat 6:25-26 "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?"        Anxiety will not add a single thing it only takes.                Mat 6:27 "And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?"                          Anxiety is a task master causing only toil.            Mat 6:28-30 "And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?"                     Absolute Love is there if you seek Him.            Mat 6:31-33 "Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."              Theres enough to take care of today, seek God and and today's trouble can be handled without anxiety.       Mat 6:34 "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."

There can only be one Absolute Love. Absolute Love demands, expects-is worthy of being loved as a great treasure.                        Mat 6:19-20 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal."                     Your heart was meant to be centered on God. If you get centered on other things it is going to have a bad effect on all of your life.                             Mat 6:21-23 "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. "The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!"                   Don't kid yourself, you can't live that double life.                     Mat 6:24 "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."

"For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings."

Absolute Love is not looking for you to make sacrifices. To know and love God, and love others through His power and love is all He asks. He will be pleased with your reliance upon Him.               Hos 6:6

The loss, the withdrawal of Absolute Love is the ultimate end time.           Absolute Love brings peace, harmony and loving obedience. The essence of hatred is lawlessness, cold heartedness.               Mat 24:12 "And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold."               In the midst of lawless hatred keep loving others anyway!              Mat 24:13 "But the one who endures to the end will be saved."

Absolute Love is eternal.                       1Pe 4:7-8 "The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins."                   It is a terrible existence to live in hatred, serving the passions of self.             Pro 10:11-12 "The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses."            The end means, not cessation or anihilation, but facing up to accountability.              1Pe 4:1-5 "Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you; but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead."

Have you ever experienced futility? Absolute Love brings fulfillment.               Eph 4:17 "Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds."             Futility starts in the heart that is closed off, unloving and estranged from Absolute Love.                    Eph 4:18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart."                  Futility cause the heart to callous and grow small you will grasp for any thing that romises fulfillment, though never find it. This is futility.                Eph 4:19-20 "They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. But that is not the way you learned Christ!--"                How do you love people walking in this type of fultility?                    Eph 4:15 "... speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love."

When Absolute Love takes over your desires become what Love desires.                Desire to be in touch with God and others. The whole earth (those who embrace the Love of God in Christ) will become one family. All fully satisfied with God.             Eph 3:14-19 "For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith--that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God."         Can't get around it, Can't reach beyond it, no getting over it, you can only, by faith fall into it, forever mining the depths of Absolute Love.                  Eph 3:20-21 "Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen."

Absolute Love is what we receive from God, it is the one thing we owe to everyone.                Rom 13:8 "Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law."                  There is one thing that matters that must be fulfilled. This is the summary of the ten commandments and the only true interpretation of the law in the Tanakh(Old Testament)                                      Rom 13:9-10 "For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet," and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law."

Absolute Love is transforming going beyond limits of our comprehension, making all things new.            Mat 22:37-40 "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."                What is new after Jesus came, lived, died, rose again and lives now forever interceding on our behalf?  Joh 13:34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as Ihave loved you, you also are to love one another.       Love as He loved and gave Himself up.

 

Gen 1:1 "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."      Absolute Love was in the beginning!                        Joh 1:1-5 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."         Absolute Love is now!                Col 1:13-17 "He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.  For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together."              Absolute Love will continue to be!                   Rev 1: 4 -8 " ...Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen. "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

Absolute Love has no problem with forgiveness just come  and receive.                   Mar 2:5 "And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."             Unforgiving hearts are always skeptical and resistant.           

 Mar 2:6-8 "Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, "Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you question these things in your hearts?"              Jesus is Absolute Love in the flesh he can forgive easy that's His very nature, also easy to heal and to perceive what is in the hearts of men.                   Mar 2:9-12 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your bed and walk'? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"--he said to the paralytic--  "I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home." And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"

Absolute Love does not cause one to sit by and just be the center. God is still the center the gift and the giver. You won't experience His love in a vacuum.                    Jas 2:20 "Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? "              Abraham is an example of faith because He acted on His belief.           Jas 2:21 "Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?"                  Faith is completed by the activities that display faithful obedience.              Jas 2:22-23 "You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"--and he was called a friend of God."                You cannot go on ignoring the commands of God and claim to have accepted His Absolute Love. We end up talking about faith  in a nonsensical manner.      Jas 2:24 "You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone."     Saved by faith alone, just not that kind of faith!

Absolute Love is Absolute, we often like the Loving part but have a lot of trouble with the Absolute part.                    Isa 45:5-7 "I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the LORD, and there is no other. I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the LORD, who does all these things."              "God has good purposes that are not thwarted but accomplished by evil. Apart from this, hope could be challenged."  Quoted from "God's Glory in Salvation Through Judgment" by James Hamilton Jr.

To be embraced by the Absolute Love, only one requirement. Believe!                   Rom 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek."             Believe enough to, in faith, follow the path of righteousness.             Rom 1:17 "For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."         Believe enough to live as in the presence of God in not suppressing what you know is true.          Rom 1:18 "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth."               The Absolute Love of God is clearly there is no one who has an excuse.          Rom 1:19,20 "For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse."                    Do you believe enough to live out a life of giving Him honor through what you do?                 Rom 1:21 "For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened."              Futility is a frightening state to live in forever! 

To follow the Absolute Love is simple.                   Mat 7:12 "So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets."               It is simple but you will be tempted to take a different path.                Mat 7:13 "Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many."               Following is simple but very, very difficult.                   Mat 7:14 "For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few."

Absolute Love is the final arbiter, YHWH is absolute.          Do not delay or take for granted the grace, mercy, peace and love offered.                 Heb 12:14 "Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no "root of bitterness" springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears. For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. For they could not endure the order that was given, "If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned." Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I tremble with fear." But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens." This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of things that are shaken--that is, things that have been made--in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire."         The things that can not be shaken will endure through Absolute Love.          The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Pro 1:7

Absolute Love brings justice and judgment to those who refuse Love.                      Mat 25:41-46 "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.  For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' Then they also will answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?' Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."           There is still time to embrace love.         1Co 6:9-11 "Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.  And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."

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People are trafficked into prostitution, begging, forced labour, military service, domestic service, forced illegal adoption, forced marriage etc.                         Mat 25:34-36 "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' "

There is no master, lord or king like the Absolute Love. The lords (baals) of other peoples were unloving and angry. Molech the fire (god) was worshipped by burning alive young children.                 Jer 7:31 "And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire"               Jer 32:35 "They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech."          The Ashteroth were fertility (gods) worshipped by enslaving female and male prostitutes to earn monies for the kings of the land and appeased by young virgins being sacrificed followed by sexual orgies in celebration.      The Absolute Love in contrast delivers from these hideous and enslaving practices.           Jer 32:37-41 "Behold, I will gather them from all the countries to which I drove them in my anger and my wrath and in great indignation. I will bring them back to this place, and I will make them dwell in safety. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them. I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me. I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul."             Exo 34:6-7 "The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty"      Who are you serving?

Psa 103:6-8 "The LORD works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel. The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love."            The Lord is overflowing with steadfast love.                   Psa 103:13-18 "As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments."     There is a healthy fear, one that establishes peace not anxiety and stress. Do you know Him and love His commands?

Psa 89:2 "For I said, "Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness."          Absolute Love builds and establishes forever.                Psa 89:14 "Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you."             Absolute Love form a foundation for faithful good and justice.              Psa 89:28 "My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him."

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Absolute Love is the only way to eternal, happiness, joy and fulfillment.                    Absolute Love brings happiness in humility.         Mat 5:3-5 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."               Absolute Love brings fulfillment through cleansing and setting right.            Mat 5:6 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied."                Absolute Love causes joy in the mercy we receive.              Mat 5:7 "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy."            Absolute Love brings joy by His purifying presence and power.           Mat 5:8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."                  Absolute Love brings about joy in the peacefulness of family by adoption.            Mat 5:9 "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."       There is no joy, no happiness, no fulfillment outside of God.    

Obedience can be a dead lifeless capitulation to power, religious acts can be a deadly endeavor.  Absolute Love commands obedience that flows from Faith in His Absolute goodness.      Rom 1:2- 6 "...set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ,"             Even obedience that does not come from Faith is sinful.              Rom 14:23 "... For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin."              Let the nations praise Him, Let all the Earth Glorify His name!                 Rom 16:25-27 "Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith-- to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen."

Absolute Love wants the absolute best for you. The liar is the one who says; "does The Lord really hold all that is the absolutely best for you?"   The beginning of doubt and the first inkling to look for fulfillment elsewhere.            Faith is the gateway to living in the Absolute Love of The Lord.    1Jn 4:15-16 "Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.  So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him."         Absolute Love is completed by Faith and brings confidence, driving out fear.               1Jn 4:17-18 "By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love."              Absolute Love initiates and completes this in us.           1Jn 4:19 "We love because he first loved us."

Religiousness can be a cold, prideful way of lifting yourself above and trampling on others.  In fact lots of things passed off as religious are from hearts that are deceived and perverted.               Jas 1:26 "If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless."     Absolute love brings about pure, undefiled religious activity. This religion cares for others, lifts up the weak, the needful, the ones that do not have a strong voice of their own.         

Jas 1:27 "Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world."           Absolute Love will wash out the stains! 

Lust is not Love. Do you desire what will not pass away?          1Jn 2:15-17 "Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world--the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions--is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever."         Is it what you can own? Absolute Love owns all things.  Is it whatever your eyes are enticed by? Absolute Love is unseen. Is it whatever your body craves? This body will decay and go back to dust. Absolute Love embodies and gives life to all things.  

Absolute Love will bring all the nations together in one voice, to worhip together in loving response.        Psa 86 "A Prayer of David. Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.  Preserve my life, for I am godly; save your servant, who trusts in you--you are my God. Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all the day.  Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.  For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you. Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace. In the day of my trouble I call upon you, for you answer me. There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours. All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name. For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God. Teach me your way, O LORD, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name. I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever. For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. O God, insolent men have risen up against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set you before them. But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your maidservant. Show me a sign of your favor, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame because you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me."

Absolute Love brings freedom.             Psa 118:4-6 "Let those who fear the LORD say, "His steadfast love endures forever." Out of my distress I called on the LORD; the LORD answered me and set me free. The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?"         Absolute Love brings joy.             Psa 118:22-24 "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the LORD's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. "          Absolute Love brings a sense of gratefulness.         Psa 118:29 "Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!"

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Psa 119:32 "I will run in the way of your commandments when you enlarge my heart!"                  Let absolute love expand the capacity of your heart.       Psa 119:41,42 "Let your steadfast love come to me, O LORD, your salvation according to your promise, then shall I have an answer for him who taunts me, for I trust in your word."          Psa 119:64 "The earth, O LORD, is full of your steadfast love; teach me your statutes."     Does creation cause you to want to know how to love him and his laws  to delight in them?                Psa 119:76-77 "Let your steadfast love comfort me according to your promise to your servant. Let your mercy come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight."

Absolute Love causes us to be grateful. Gratitude is the mark of finding absolute love.  Have you given thanks today?                  Psa 136 "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who alone does great wonders, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who made the great lights, for his steadfast love endures forever; the sun to rule over the day, for his steadfast love endures forever; the moon and stars to rule over the night, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his steadfast love endures forever; and brought Israel out from among them, for his steadfast love endures forever with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who divided the Red Sea in two, for his steadfast love endures forever; and made Israel pass through the midst of it, for his steadfast love endures forever; but overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who led his people through the wilderness, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who struck down great kings, for his steadfast love endures forever; and killed mighty kings, for his steadfast love endures forever; Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his steadfast love endures forever; and Og, king of Bashan, for his steadfast love endures forever; and gave their land as a heritage, for his steadfast love endures forever; a heritage to Israel his servant, for his steadfast love endures forever. It is he who remembered us in our low estate, for his steadfast love endures forever; and rescued us from our foes, for his steadfast love endures forever; he who gives food to all flesh, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever."

Psa 63:3-7 Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips, when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night; for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy. The Absolute Love of God is better than life itself. Is this where you are finding your joy today? Is this where you're looking for help? Exo 34:6-7 The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty,

Why would you try to go it alone. God is Absolute Love. 1Pe 5:6-7 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. Do you want to be lifted up it comes from looking away from yourself and turning to God.  Exo 34:6-7 The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty

Mat 11:27-30 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." To find peace and rest in Absolute Love you have to take upon yourself the "yoke" of obeying Jesus Christ. It is not unconditional love, but it is freely offered.

Absolute Love is Absolute in giving mercy and judgment.   From "God's Glory in Salvation Through Judgment" by James M. Hamilton Jr.   "Yet, Yahweh is pleased to show kindness and as he declared to Moses that he would show mercy to whomever he pleased (Ex. 33:19) He chooses to show mercy to one whose unworthiness underscores the riches of his grace. Thus the free, unconstrained mercy of God is displayed in all its glory, and the burning of Jericho makes the salvation of Rahab and her family more heavy with the weight of the glory of God."      We know little of this weight of the glory of God's Absolute Love because we have taken the judgment of Love lightly and replaced it with a love that is meaningless and powerless.

What is the nature of God's Absolute Love? Joh 3:35 The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand. Joh 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. God's Love is an overflow of Himself. It is not unconditional. Namely His overflow of the loving relationships within Himself. Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Three in One. Deu 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Exo 34:6-7 The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty

Exo 34:6 "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, Exo 34:7 keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty. Absolute love is not unconditional love. Absolute love is sacrificial love in that it continually looks for the absolute best for us even in our rebellion. There are things that God hates. His absolute love is set against these things. Pro 6:16-19 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Exo 34:6 "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, Exo 34:7 keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty.Absolute Love pours love out upon those in need! Deu 10:17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe. Deu 10:18 He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. Deu 10:19 Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Exo 34:6 The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, Exo 34:7 keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty,  I John 4:8, 16 God is love. God's love is absolute, not unconditional. How hard, how much are you seeking Him? Deu 4:29 But from there you will seek the LORD your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

I John 4:8,16 God is love. Exo 34:6 The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, Exo 34:7 keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, How does absolute love blend love and justice? 1Jn 4:10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

I John 4:8,16 God is love. Deu 6:5
God's love is not unconditional. It comes with commands. God is a loving parent. Parents give sacrificial love for sure. God is relational, no loving relationship lasts without boundaries. God's love is absolute. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. God's Love is better than unconditional. Psa 33:5 He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD.

 I John 4:8,16 God is Love.Yes, God is revealed as a loving God to the followers of Jesus in both the Old and New Testaments. Most think of the anger and judgement of God when they think of the Old Testament. When Moses asked God to reveal His glory this is what happened. Exo 34:6 The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, Exo 34:7Overflowing with steadfast love, this is the glory of God in Old and New.  Love encompasses justice and judgement. keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty

God is love! I John 4:8,16Grace and Mercy overflow from I AM. Grace and Mercy are God's prerogative. God's Grace and Mercy are not arbitrary they are absolute. They flow from the one who is absolute. I AM is Absolutely Love. Exo 33:18 Moses said, "Please show me your glory." Exo 33:19 And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The LORD.' And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

Lev 19:10 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. Lev 19:11Hardly anyone reads the books of the laws and statutes of God's people, Leviticus. Yes, some of the ceremonial laws, sacrificial laws and purification laws have been eclipsed by the all encompassing life, death and resurrection of Christ. Yet, the intent of harmony, justice and truth contained, points forever to the absolute love of God. God is forever looking to pour favor on the least favorable people in this world of sickness and self elevation. The poor, the sojourner, the alien, widow and orphan are especially under the eye and care of the one who is absolute love. "You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.

Why do you do you do the things you do? Is it a reflection of Absolute Love?         Luk 14:12-24 He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just." When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!" But he said to him, "A man once gave a great banquet and invited many.  And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.' But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.' And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.'And another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.' So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.' And the servant said, 'Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.' And the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.'"   It will take an innumerable amount of people who respond to fill the infinite expanse of God's Absolute Love! What are you waiting for, come to the banquet.

For those who are agnostic or atheistic, I can agree that religion can be dangerous and lots of bad things have been done in the name of various religions. Isn’t that just to say that human beings do terrible things to one another and to their environment? In other words, we have lost much of our ability to love. In turn, wouldn’t you agree that if we could find a common ground, an absolute, which would lend itself to better love one another, it would be a better world in which to live? After all, lots of warlords and political despots were also people who had no belief in

God or absolutes. Please take a brief walk toward contemplating absolute love and see if you agree. Whether you are #Muslim, #Jewish, #Christian, #agnostic, or #atheist, I think all would agree love is an absolute.

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The importance of humility in handling revealed truth, and “speaking the truth in love” is a great caution for us to hold on to if we feel we know what God has revealed as truth. In our finitude and limited understanding (“now we know in part”—“we see through a glass dimly”), we can be far from the mark of the application God wants us to convey. Our understanding of situations is always limited (relative) to not knowing all of the circumstance. This includes all of our understanding of God, though it is reality revealed in His Word (The Bible); our understanding is limited in perspective. An example is the caution of James to “being quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.” Our anger, even if justified, is limited to our perspective. “All our righteousness is as filthy rags.” Therefore anger in us produces, more often than not, immoral or unrighteous results. Yet God can be angry and bring about righteousness. YHWH is Absolute Love.

Tyrannical governments and despotic rulers, whether under the name

of a so-called “god” or to make themselves to be god, are the wasteland of

human history. The carnage flows back to the fall and our eviction from

standing in the presence of I AM, the three in one. The loss of life, liberty,

and everlasting happiness is inevitably the result of separation from Him.

Thinking that I AM might be withholding some pleasure or benefit from

us, we seek to find benefit elsewhere. In seeking freedom from the creator,

the creature has become trapped in the prisons of our own making. There

is no absolute apart from Him. The inalienable rights of life, liberty, and

the pursuit of happiness being self-evident also evidence the purpose of I

AM in the way He created the world.
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The United States Declaration of Independence  

 " —That whenever any

Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right

of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,

laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such

form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should

not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience

hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are

sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they

are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing

invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute

Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government,

and to provide new Guards for their future security.”

Determination is the characteristic of believing that gives us the

ability to persist until that which has been started is completed. The

key characteristic of determination is steadfastness, completion. The

loss of determination brings about an inability to follow through,

indecision.       Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day. For they did not continue in my covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord

Pro_23:17
Heb_8:9

Rest is the characteristic of believing that gives us the ability to see

past obstacles to our own well-being and the well-being of others so that

we can peacefully work to overcome those obstacles and overthrow those

who are setting them up. The key characteristic of rest is peacefulness.

The loss of rest brings about anxiety, panic.            Deu_12:9  for you have not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.    Mat 11:28-30 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

Justice is the characteristic outgrowth of believing that gives us the

ability to act rightly on behalf of God so that despots (those who want

to control, oppress, and use others for personal gain) are not allowed to

triumph and the defenseless are defended. The key characteristic of justice

is righteousness. The loss of justice brings about either apathy or being

overbearing (despotism).             "The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.            Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.

Deu_32:4
Psa_89:14