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1 | Biblical Love is not Worldly Love | 1 John 4:21 | DocTrinsograce | 160574 | ||
With all the discussion of respect, courtesy, and love on the forum lately, I thought these quotes were particularly apropos. "Love is the Queen of the Christian graces. It is a holy disposition given to us when we are born again by God. It is the love of God shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. True spiritual love is characterized by meekness and gentleness, yet it is vastly superior to the courtesies and kindnesses of the flesh. "We must be careful not to confuse human sentimentality, carnal pleasantries, human amiability and affability with true spiritual love. "The love God commands, first to Himself and then to others, is not human love. It is not the indulgent, self-seeking love which is in us by nature. If we indulgently allow our children to grow up with little or, no Scriptural discipline, Proverbs plainly says we do not love them, regardless of the human sentimentality and affection we may feel for them. "Love is not a sentimental pampering of one another with a loose indifference as to our walk and obedience before the Lord. "Glossing over one another's faults to ingratiate ourselves in their esteem is not spiritual love. "The true nature of Christian love is a righteous principle which seeks the highest good of others. "It is a powerful desire to promote their welfare. "The exercise of love is to be in strict conformity to the revealed will of God. "We must love in the truth. "Love among the brethren is far more than an agreeable society where views are the same. It is loving them for what we see of Christ in them, loving them for Christ's sake. "The Lord Jesus Himself is our example. "He was not only thoughtful, gentle, self-sacrificing and patient, but He also corrected His mother, used a whip in the Temple, severely scolded His doubting disciples, and denounced hypocrites. "True spiritual love is above all faithful to God and uncompromising towards all that is evil. "We cannot declare, 'Peace and Safety' when in reality there is spiritual decay and ruin! "True spiritual love is very difficult to exercise because it is not our natural love. By nature we would rather love sentimentally and engender good feelings. Also many times true spiritual love is not received in love, but is hated as the Pharisees hated it. "We must pray that God will fill us with His love and enable us to exercise it without dissimulation toward all." --Arthur W. Pink |
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2 | Biblical Love is not Worldly Love | 1 John 4:21 | jlhetrick | 160718 | ||
Hi Doc, Great quotes! I also found it interesting that you quoted Machen in another post in this thread. Interesting because I recently used that very quote in a recent lesson I taught in our discipleship training at church. Also, I enjoy reading and learning from Arthur W. Pink and have used many of his quotes before as well. Just a thought, I think your post of quotes might be very beneficial to nightjay regarding his post 160215. He might not be following and a post back to him might alert him by email. Anyway, I would be happy to copy and paste your post to nightjay with your permission as I believe it might really be helpful for him. Again, thanks for the quotes, Jeff |
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3 | Biblical Love is not Worldly Love | 1 John 4:21 | DocTrinsograce | 160722 | ||
Dear Jeff, Go for it. :-) I really just became much more familiar with J. Gresham Machen after reading -- and writing a review of -- Dr. Terry Chrisope's "Toward a Sure Faith." A very good book. It really drove home the value of understanding the historical context in which theological debates take place. The other thing is that theological debate does not occur in a vacuum: it has a real effect on the person in the pew, although it takes a while to filter down from the ivory towers. I guess the real value of Machen to folks like you and me is his emphasis on the inestimable value of historico-grammatical interpretation of the Scriptures. That's not something new to Christianity, but it is more important than ever in this day and age. Thank you for your encouragement, Jeff. In Him, Doc |
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4 | Biblical Love is not Worldly Love | 1 John 4:21 | jlhetrick | 160735 | ||
Hi Doc, Thanks for the info. I put "Toward a Sure Faith" on my list of books to buy. Jeff |
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