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August 29, 2003

God vs. Love

I had an interesting thought the other day...
I have often given God the same attributes ascribed to Love in 1 Corithians 13. My line of reasoning is simply that if God is Love (1 John 4:8) then he easily embodies all of the purity of Love described in 1 Cor.

I have been using this concept for awhile when I realized a more then slight disparity between the the way that Love is portrayed in 1 Cor. and the character of God purported through other passages. Mainly our God is a Jealous God (Exodus 34:14) desire us and our attentions. This is in direct contridiction with 1 Corithians 13:4 which explicitly says that Love is not Jealous. I am not sure what now to do with this... I always enjoyed understanding God through this description of Love. Also the question arises is God therefore not always loving or not completely Loving? When does his Love stop and his Jealousy begin? Help me think critically here... What do you think?

Posted by paul at August 29, 2003 02:25 PM

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Posted by: Ochuk at August 29, 2003 04:47 PM