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NASB | Luke 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure--pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure--pressed down, shaken together, and running over [with no space left for more]. For with the standard of measurement you use [when you do good to others], it will be measured to you in return." |
Subject: "An eye for an eye" relevant now? how? |
Bible Note: Hi, Brad... I appreciate Sister Azure's post. You asked, "So you mean the actual act is the love?" Good question. Let me see if I can clarify: No, the actual acts are not love. Instead, what I am asserting is that love itself is always active. To the point where the Bible knows nothing of love that does not give rise to action. In theology we speak of love as being one of God's communicable attributes. In other words, it is an attribute that we can -- to a limited, finite, and incomplete fashion -- share with Him. (As opposed, for example, to God's eternalness, independence, unchangeableness, etc.) Wayne Grudem defines God's love simply as meaning "that God eternally gives of Himself to others. This definition understands love as self-giving for the benefit of others." That attribute is exhibited between the Members of the Trinity, as well as being exhibited to mankind. If you think about it, even the way we use the word in common parlance carries some of this idea. Imagine if when I fell in love with my wife, I had not told her. Does love not profess itself? Imagine if I had not turned to her over all other women. Does love have divided loyalties? Imagine if I had not offered to marry her. Does love not commit itself? Think about it, and you will see that thinking of love disconnected from acts. In Him, Doc |