It is not simply that God “loves,” but that He is Love itself. Love is not merely one of His attributes, but His very nature. —A. W. Pink, The Attributes of God
The words “God is love” mean that love is an essential attribute of God. Love is something true of God but it is not God. It expresses the way God is in His unitary being, as do the words holiness, justice, faithfulness and truth. Because God is immutable He always acts like Himself, and because He is a unity He never suspends one of His attributes in order to exercise another. —A. W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy
THE LOVE OF GOD
A. Scriptural Refs: Gen 22:2; Jer 31:3; John 3:16; 1 Jn 4:8
“God is love and God is sovereign. His love disposes Him to desire our everlasting welfare and His sovereignty enables Him to secure it.” —Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
אהב (ahav) A primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise): - (be-) love (-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
אהבה (ahavah) Feminine of H158 and meaning the same: - love.
αγαπαω (agapao) Perhaps from ἄγαν agan (much; or compare [H5689]); to love (in a social or moral sense): - (be-) love (-ed). Compare G5368.
GOD'S LOVE IS CONSISTENT WITH ALL HIS ATTRIBUTES
God's love cannot conflict or contradict His other attributes.
Therefore, God's love is Incomprehensible, Self-existent, Self-sufficient, etc.
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Jon Cardwell was saved by God’s grace on June 3, 1985 while serving in the military as a deep sea diver in the U.S. Navy. The call to ministry came 8 years later when he was invited to serve the Lord in the Philippine mission field. Jon’s entry into pastoral ministry came...
