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His Love

HIS LOVE.

Ⅰ. Fellowship of His love. Abram’s love for Isaac (Gen.22:2).

Ⅱ. Delight of His love. Isaac’s love for Rebekah (Gen.24:67).

Ⅲ. Desire of His love. Isaac’s love for Esau’s venison (Gen.25:28)

Ⅳ. Holiness of His love. Rebekah’s love for Jacob (Gen.25:28).

Ⅴ. Service of His love. Jacob’s love for Rachel (Gen.29:18).

Ⅵ. Bestowment of His love. Jacob’s love for Joseph (Genesis 37:3).

Ⅶ. Care of His love. Jacob’s love for Benjamin (Gen.44:20).

── F.E. Marsh《Five Hundred Bible Readings》

LOVE OF JESUS.

Ⅰ. The Definiteness of Love. “ Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus” (John 11:5).

Ⅱ. Perpetuity of Love. “ Having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them unto the end” (John 13:1).

Ⅲ. Favour of Love. “ Leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved” (John 13:23).

Ⅳ. Example of Love. “ Love one another, as I have loved you” ( John 13:34).

Ⅴ. Record of Love. “ That disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord” (John 21:7).

Ⅵ. Attractiveness of Love. “ Peter, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved” (John 21:20).

Ⅶ. Commission of Love. “ Jesus saw the disciple whom He loved” (John 19:26).

── F.E. Marsh《Five Hundred Bible Readings》

LOVE’S PICTURE.

We have in 1.Cor.13. a picture of the character of the love of God as manifested in Christ, also showing what should be the character of our love to Him.

Ⅰ. His suffering love. “ Love suffereth long” (Luke 22:44).

Ⅱ. His compassionate love. “ Is kind” (Luke 10:33).

Ⅲ. His contented love. “ Envieth not” (Luke 22:42).

Ⅳ. His self-abasing love. “ Vaunteth not itself” (John 4:34).

Ⅴ. His humbling love. “ Not puffed up” (Phil/2:7,8).

Ⅵ. His wise love. “ Doth not behave unseemly” (John 7:46).

Ⅶ. His unselfish love. “ Seeketh not her own” (John 17:22).

Ⅷ. His patient love. “ Not easily provoked” (John 21:15-17).

Ⅸ. His unsuspicious love. “ Thinketh no evil” (Luke 7:39).

Ⅹ. His holy love. “ Rejoiceth not in iniquity” (John 2:15).

Ⅺ. His truthful love. “ Rejoiceth in the truth” (Luke 24:26).

Ⅻ. His bearing love. “ Beareth all things” (Gen.45:1).

XIII. His expecting love. “ Hopeth all things” (Acts 7:56).

XIV. His trusting love. “ Believeth all things” ( John 17:18).

XV. His enduring love. “ Endureth all things” (Heb.12:2).

XVI. His unchanging love. “ Never faileth” (John 13:1).

── F.E. Marsh《Five Hundred Bible Readings》

THE MERCY OF THE LORD.

Ⅰ. Stedfast mind, and Christ the Power. “ That ye stand fast in one spirit with one mind” (Phil.1:27).

Ⅱ. Loving mind, and Christ the Principle. “ Like-minded, having the same love” (Phil.2:2).

Ⅲ. Humble mind, and Christ the Pattern. “ Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus” (Phil.2:5).

Ⅳ. Unselfish mind, and Christ the Passion. “ Like-minded……all seek their own, not the things that are Jesus Christ’s” (Phil.2:20,21).

Ⅴ. Developed mind, and Christ the Progress. “ If ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you” ( Phil.3:15).

Ⅵ. Guarded mind, and Christ the Peace. “ The peace of God……keep your hearts and minds” (Phil.4:7).

Ⅶ. Musing mind, and Christ the Pathway. “ Whatsoever things are true……think on these things” (Phil.4:8, R.V.).

── F.E. Marsh《Five Hundred Bible Readings》