Today,
reply is on the love shown by divinity being spoken of as “blind
love.” Unlike infatuation and “puppy love,” divine love is a
spirit substance that appears and is manifest only by those having an
endowment from divinity that includes discipline, integrity of
person, maturity, self mastery, truth, and unselfishness. One of the
fighters in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion and
Spirituality who uses the ID “Anonymous” (no profile is shown)
posted the following:
If
God is love, and love is blind, then is God blind?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out
fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect
in love. We love him, because he first loved us. If a man say, I
love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth
not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath
not seen? (1st John 4: 18-20, King James Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: The Revelation of Mercy (01/28/2019); Holy Boldness
and Humility (10/04/2018); Chosen Through Sacred Process
(09/06/2018); Consequences and Divine Love (07/05/2018); To Define
“Godly Love” (08/20/2017); The Practice of Love (07/27/2017);
Saying “GOD is Love” (12/18/2016); Herein Is True Love
(10/21/2016)
“Anonymous”,
among mature Christian believers, the love shown to mankind by
divinity (we also say, divine fullness; the Godhead; the Father, the
Son, the Holy Spirit) is more than merely affection, emotion and
feeling, for the makeup and process of GOD displays active
presence, eternal purpose, and sovereign will. Thus, elements
from the exalted personhood, divine law, and sacred substance of GOD
describe the divine manifestation of divine love. Included are
accountability, admonitions and warnings, commitment, faithfulness,
forbearance, forgiveness, righteous judgment, impartiality, mercy,
obedience, restraint, sacrifice, stability, unselfishness, wisdom,
and wrath against sin. To “know God” is to be aware of the
exchange and interaction of divine spirit substance within oneself as
well as within others. The love of GOD may be called “blind love”
because divine love is shared without bias, demands for payment and
recompense, partiality, and prejudice. Even so, divine judgment
requires that the living acknowledge that GOD is selective imparting
life essence (we also say, breath; spirit; word) to mankind
that is made from inseparable aspects of the divine makeup (e.g.,
longsuffering, meekness, oneness without sameness, purity). Consider
again the following that uses language from the Bible:
1.
1st John 4: 7-9, King James Version (KJV): 7 Beloved,
let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that
loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth
not God; for God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God
toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the
world, that we might live through him.
2.
Revelation 1: 4-6, KJV: 4 John to the seven churches which are in
Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and
which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are
before his throne; 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the
faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the
prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed
us from our sins in his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings and
priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion
for ever and ever. Amen.
3.
Romans 5: 6-11, KJV: 6 For when we were yet without strength, in
due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous
man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even
dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now
justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 10
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death
of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his
life. 11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our
Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, 4. Romans 13: 8-10, KJV: 8 Owe no man
any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath
fulfilled the law. 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou
shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false
witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other
commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his
neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.)
Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you
according to your faith.
Washington,
DC
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