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God Loves Us All Nine
Ways!
In the
Salvation of Man, all
three forms of love
were, are, and will be used. In the first place, God loves us after the
manner of philos. He loves the saint and the sinner alike because He made us.
We are the product of His creation, we are His people. There are no
conditions or recognitions of authority involved. It is this love that caused
the Heavenly Council to convene before the foundation of the world. It was here
that the ideas of Love from Philos (The Eden) through Eros (The
Cross), and ending with Agape (Even So,
Come, Lord Jesus!).
God loved us after the manner of Eros, for
although many things have been said about Eros, its
original purpose does not stand condemned. It was to bring the partnership of
creation to Adam and Eve. Its rhythms and cycles were ordained of God for
creation and recreation. This love was employed to introduce God's Son into
the world. He allowed The Comforter to fashion and move
Him into a place of conception with a virgin. He went through the natural
processes of human birth as fulfillment of the Divine Plan that would bring
fallen man back to Him. Man was first created in God's image. To save him,
God was created in man's image carrying His Divinity with Him.
In the New Earth, there will be little or no need for philo, for God has loved us, both saint
and sinner alike and because of it, made salvation possible. Since in the New
Earth there will be no sinners, there will be little need for eros, for Jesus has been born and the offer of Salvation
has been completed. There only remains AGAPH (agape). We will
forever remain and obedient to Him and He will forever have compassion on us.
Once again, are you a member of the Household of Faith? Are you ready
for Jesus to come? Have you surrendered all? Are you
willing for His preference to be first in your life? Until you
let Him have His way, there is no way His compassion can save you from hell,
and His death, for you, will have been in vain.
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G. KITTEL,
THEOL. DICT. NT. V.1 P. 35-37 & V. 9 P. 119-123. K. S. Wuest, Wuest's Word
Studies Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Com
Grand Rapids, Michigan Volume Three GOLDEN NUGGETS. pg. 50-53 p.22.
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