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God Is Love by Charles Laws
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n I John 4:17 we read the most profound three
animal sacrifices did not appease God. We read in
word statement in the Bible: “God is Love.” We all
Isaiah 1:11, “What to me is the multitude of your
know this but do we really know what it means?
sacrifices, says the Lord. I have had enough of the
Here we shall look at this statement and see what
burnt offerings of rams and fat of well fed beasts. I
it really means. It is amazing how many doors this
do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of
single statement unlocks and how many questions it
goats.” God’s love for His creation is revealed in Jesus
answers. Among the doors it unlocks, is an explanation
Christ. The love of God us a love which holds nothing
of creation. Why would He create a world which was
back. In His love for men and women and his entire
to bring him nothing but trouble? The answer is that
creation, God was prepared to give His only Son and
creation was essential to his very nature! By his very nature He could not live in lonely isolation. Love must have someone to love and someone to love it back. John 1:3 reads, “All things were made through Him, and without Him was nothing made that was made.” So God created man and woman to love and to love Him back! In fact, God created not only man (Adam) and woman (Eve), but in the beginning he created an entire universe to love and love Him back! God created a beautiful garden. In the garden there was one tree that God told Adam and Eve not to eat of. As we know the serpent (Satan)
make a sacrifice beyond which no sacrifice can go.
tempted them to eat from this tree. Symbolically this
In Luke 23:44, we read of the death of Jesus. “It was
represents disobedience to God. They sinned against
now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over
God and were thrown out of the garden. A curse was
the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s
placed upon God’s creation and a veil was placed
light failed and the curtain of the temple was torn in
between God and man! God loved not only Adam and
two.” Now we see it! The veil between God and man
Eve, but His entire creation as well!
has been removed. We now have access to God again.
Man tried to appease God by making animal
Praise be to God!
passages throughout the prophets. However, the
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About The Author
sacrifices. (See the book of Leviticus) and various Charles Laws, Retired Assoc. Prof. of Mathematics, CLSCC. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Tennessee. He enjoys chess, writing, walking, and music.
