LOVE flows through the HEART * LOVE (HEART) is deeper than the WORD

LOVE flows through the HEART * LOVE (HEART) is deeper than the WORD

GOD IS LOVE:  1 John 4:7-11 (2:1-2) * John 3:14-17

GOD IS GOOD:  Genesis 50:20 * Exodus 34:5-7 * Psalms 33:5, 73:1, 107: 1,8, 118:1,29 * James 1:7

GOD IS CREATOR:  Genesis 1 & 2 * Job 38-39-40-41 * Psalms 121:2,124:8

EVEYTHING GOD CREATES IS GOOD:  Genesis 1:4,10,12,18,25,31 * Acts 10:9-16 * 1 Timothy 4:4

EVERYTHING IS CREATED FOR A GOOD PURPOSE:  Jeremiah 29:11-13 * Romans 8:28

THAT PURPOSE IS LOVE:  Genesis 1:26-28 (God wants to make love possible in this material world.)

WE ARE GOD’S CHILDREN:  John 1:12 * 1 John 3:1-2 * Rom 8:16-17 * Hebrews 12:5-6

WE SHARE GOD’S DIVINE CREATIVITY at the highest level, because we create our own children.

MARRIAGE IS GOD’S HOLY INSTITUTION (Malachi 2:11), so sex is sacred (Leviticus 19:2, Ephesians 1:4, 1 Peter 1:16), marriage is honorable in all and the marriage bed is undefiled (Hebrews 13:4).

SIN & EVIL GO against the GOOD PURPOSES of GOD:  John 10:10 & 8:44 * Ezekiel 28:1-2 & 11-19

IDOLATRY, ADULTERY & CHILD SACRIFICE – the three cardinal sins – are all violations of Love.

SIN SEPARATES US FROM GOD (Genesis 3:22-24 * Isaiah 59:2) * ALL HAVE SINNED (Psalm 14:2-3 & 53:1-3, Romans 3:10-18, Ecclesiastes 7:20) * GOD WILL DESTROY EVIL (Gen 6-9, 19 & Rev 20:7-15) * GOD WANTS NONE TO DIE IN SIN (Ezekiel 38, esp. 38:18 & 30-32 * Matt 18:14 * Luke 10:56 * John 12:47 * 1 John 1:9)

JESUS IS THE NEW COVENANT: Jeremiah 31:31-34 * Matthew 26:27-28, Mark 14:23-25, Luke 22:20

JESUS’ 4 COMMANDS are all about LOVE: Love God (Deuteronomy 6:4-5 * Matthew 22:37), Love your Neighbor (Leviticus 19:18 * Matthew 22:39), Love your Enemies (Matthew 5:44-48 * Luke 6:35-36), Love one another as I have loved you (John 13:34-35, 15:12, 17).

LOVE & “HEART” ARE DEEPER than the WORD:  Matthew 15:10-20, Mark 7:14-23, Luke 7:43-45

JESUS CAME to SET THE SUPREME EXAMPLE of a LIFE of LOVE & SERVICE:  Matthew 20:28 * Mark 9:35, 10:43-45 * John 3:14-17. John 10:10-11, 15, 17-18, John 13:15, John 15:12-13

LOVE / COMPASSION IS the ESSENCE of JESUS:  Matthew 9:36, 10:40-42, 14:14, 15:32, 23:37-39 * Mark 1:41, 5:19, 6:34, 8:2 * Luke 7:13, 10:25-37, 13:34-35, 15:11-32, 18:18-24, 19:41-44, 23:34 * John 8:11, 11:1-44, especially 5, 33-38 * Psalm 78:38

“CIRCUMCISION IS THAT of the HEART in the Spirit (Love), not in the Letter (Law, Word).” (Deuteronomy 10:16, 30:6 * Jeremiah 32:38-41 * Ezekiel 11:19-20 *Romans 2:25-29, esp. 29c, 7:6 * 2 Corinthians 3:6) [JHK Note: Jesus SPOKE the Word, but he LIVED & died an example of LOVE.]