MYSTERY OF GOD's LOVE

BOOK: MYSTERY OF GOD’S LOVE

Inspired by Holy Spirit Compiled by P. Benrajesh

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BOOK: MYSTERY OF GOD’S LOVE

Title: MYSTERY OF GOD’s LOVE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER-1: INTRODUCTION……………………………….…….4 1.1 UNPARTITIONED LOVE: ............................................................................................... 5 1.2 TIME LIMIT FOR GOD LOVE SHOWERS:.......................................................................... 5 1.3 UNCONDITIONAL LOVE: .............................................................................................. 6

CHAPTER-2: ATTRIBUTES OF GOD’S LOVE…………………..…9 2.1 DESERVED LOVE: ........................................................................................................ 9 2.2 GOD’ S SUFFERING LOVE: ........................................................................................... 11 2.3 GOD’ S LOVE DOES NOT ENVY (I COR 13:4B) .................................................................. 12 2.4 GOD’ S LOVE IS NOT PARADE ITSELF: ........................................................................... 15 2.5 GOD’ S LOVE NOT PUFFED UP: .................................................................................... 16 2.6 GOD’ S LOVE DOES NOT BEHAVE RUDELY, DOES NOT SEEK ITS OWN: .............................. 16 2.7 (GOD’S) LOVE IS NOT PROVOKED, THINKS NO EVIL: ...................................................... 18 2.8 (GOD’S) LOVE DOES NOT REJOICE IN INIQUITY BUT REJOICES IN ALL TRUTH: .................. 19 2.9 (GOD’S) LOVE BEARS ALL THINGS, BELIEVES ALL THINGS: ............................................. 19 2.10 (GOD’S) LOVE HOPES ALL THINGS, ENDURES ALL THINGS: ........................................... 20 2.11 (GOD’S) LOVE NEVER FAILS: ..................................................................................... 20

CHAPTER-3 : GOD’S LOVE DIMENSION……………………..….22 3.1 WIDTH OF GOD’ S LOVE: ............................................................................................. 22 3.2 LENGTH OF GOD’S LOVE: ........................................................................................... 24 3.3 HEIGHT OF GOD’S LOVE: ............................................................................................ 27 3.4 DEPTH OF GOD’ S LOVE: ............................................................................................. 28

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CHAPTER-1: INTRODUCTION GOD’s LOVE 1) Love, an immortal, unchanged; Crossed ages, made histories; Diffused into sin-made barriers; Links heaven and earth; Even to Hell.

2) Love transforms Blasphemers to Gospel carriers; Sinners to Saints; Earthly fools to Godly wise; And Love cannot be limited; Can’t be contained in boxes.

3) Love barters Poor & Contrite hearted with riches; Curses with blessings; Shame with double honor; Ashes with glory; 4) From Where?

It overflows from the ‘Heart’.

From Whom?

From ‘The Creators Heart’.

Yes, it is God’s Love on Mankind

SOURCE: HEAVEN’S LIBRARY

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This Wonderful love of God has three unique properties namely  Unpartitioned Love  Time limit for God’s Love showering  Un Conditional Love

1.1 UNPARTITIONED LOVE: God’s love can’t be limited or biased based on geography, creed or birth. God’s love penetrated into all man-made boundaries, ages and distribution evenly to every single individual of this planet. Not much/ No less. This love is an impartial and unpartitioned love. God’s love is an initial goodwill of heaven, to extend the God’s sacrifice for earth, Holy spirit anointment, Heavenly citizenship et al. God’s love didn’t demand any standards from us, rather He himself completed all benchmarking. It needs a simple obedience from individual. Therefore, God boldly quoted, For God so loved these world that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life John 3:16. In the above verse, “Whosoever” manifests the God’s desire to accept any individual from any region but to believe Him. Heaven’s offer to earth with no hidden agenda, no mutual benefits but a straight, simple and single recipient focused benefit (Human). Thus ten-commanded protocols of old testaments were simplified to just one demand (Just believe God) in New Testament.

1.2 TIME LIMIT FOR GOD LOVE SHOWERS: God’s Love for us in this world from day-one, when we formed in Mother’s womb. For you formed by inward (brain, liver, heart and on) parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb….I am fearfully and wonderfully made.(Psalms 139:13,14) .

Moreover, in heaven (God’s) diary, God records our date in far advance on “When we have to sit from crawling stage, in our childhood day? And when we have to start 5

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walk?”. Moreover, it is quoted as You know my sitting down and rising up (Psalms 139:2).

God Knows all events happened in our life, before we born. So, we can boldly place our confidence on Lord, that no unplanned events in your life. All plans are planned by God to provide good future and hope.

1.3 UNCONDITIONAL LOVE: God Jesus quoted a parable on a rich family (Luke 15:11-30) with two sons. Elder one is responsible and took the burden of his dad. Dad was a kind-hearted gentle man, who was praying to God daily. One day situation arises for testing his faith.

His teen-aged younger kid Tom was naughty and mischievous. He was after lust, pleasures, friends and on. Tom also hates hard work. Even after dad, saw his mischievous work, but still dad’s love is not limited by his son’s response.

Dad warned him, mentored him but these controlling measures transformed into rebellious response of Tom. Heavenly cameras watched closely on dad’s response. Dad did not know what to do? But He took one wise decision. Dad brought this petition to God and prayed for the addictions of his son. God honored the humble prayer of Dad and God promised to give a brand-new life for Tom. So, Dad decided to leave it into God’s hands. Moreover, this Tom was so proud and it was turned into more argument with Dad. Dad’s heart got broke. In addition to that, this Tom kept friends as top priority and pushed the experienced dad’s counsel beside his friend’s advice. Similar incident happened in the history of Bible. A son of a wise king Solomon named Rehoboam took poor decision by the young counselors. After Rehoboam was anointed as king. First task assigned for him is to address the crowd and to listen their petitions.

The crowd and king’s servants asked king to reduce the work burdens which was

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assigned already (I kings 12:1-10). King asked the counsels from wise and experienced crowd. They provide right solution. But he denied it.

Rehoboam prefers his friend’s team (Young team) counsel and implemented it. It results in the partition of Israel. As Rehoboam did, this younger kid told “Father give me the portion of goods that falls to me: Luke 15.12”. He got divided the plunder from dad and had an overseas travel. Dad left it into God’s hands. But Dad did a wise activity in silence.  He made a watch tower (Luke 15.20), watching for his son’s return  Dad had a faith in his heart that His son would return one day.  Dad prayed to God regularly. Watch, Faith and Pray were the keywords of Dad. Tom enjoyed with his friends. He spent time in passing pleasures of world. But a day came. Prayer got answered from heaven. Younger kid lost his friends, money, health, good name too. He was striving hard to meet his daily needs. So, he got a new job. Job is to rear the flock of pigs. But this humble job, became a key instrument in the hands of God, to trim the proudness and argument nature of him. This Tom came to senses and recollect all past glory of his family.

Now he decided to repent. His word from his humble heart was given below, “I will arise and go to my father and will say to him, Father I have sinned against heaven and before you and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants Luke 15:18,19 ”. Tom’s first response, “Father give me by portion of goods…. Luke 15.12” transformed into “Father …I am no longer worthy to be called your son, make me like one of your hired servant-Luke 15.18,19”. God’s work in Tom’s heart completed. Now heaven accepted his prayer. Tom returned to his home. The rewards for his repentance are as follows: “Best robes, signet ring of his dad, new sandals to his feet, lost sonship and fatty meals.

Luke 15.23”. God’s love too operates in the similar way. God sees our heart, rather than 7

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our behavior. His love never stopped on the moment; the son behaves as disobedient.

But God proceed to change his heart, by the hostile environment. His love sustains the Tom, to come back.

God’s love is also called as Agape love. Agape is an unconditional sacrificial God’s love, showered on mankind. As bible says, “Can a women forget her nursing child …surely they (she) may forget Yet I (God) will not forget you- Isaiah 49.15”. In this world, in human’s view, the glorified love next to God is motherly love. She sacrificed her life time, for nurturing the kid in her womb and suffered for it by birth pains. She offered (a blood turned) milk to kid as food. So, world accepts motherly love as highest love.

Moreover, another love showered from heaven on mankind is God’s love.

Mother may forget you but God won’t. On the cross, God poured all His blood on the cross without any demand or expectation. As, Mother intercess to father seamlessly for our repentance, God Jesus intercess for us to God our Father. In addition to that, this God’s love can be accessed through out our life time.

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CHAPTER-2: ATTRIBUTES OF GOD’s LOVE (God’s) love suffers long and its kind – I Corinthians 13:4 are the two key

parameters of God’s love. God’s love is a string of hopes within individuals. Love transforms individuals into a healthy society. Similarly, God’s love is a connecting node between God in heaven to human in earth. God’s perfect love showers rain to all humans (irrespective of righteous/unrighteous) Mathew 5:45. God is a righteous

judge. In the above verse, it speaks of suffering love. If God’s love is exceeding the mercy level for sinners, the delightful love (Fig.1) of God became suffering love. The suffering love is an extended time offered for sinners to repent. God’s suffering love is offered based on the intensity of sin.

Deserved Love

Suffering Love

Figure-1 God’s Love Depth on Humans God’s Love on humans has two linear dimensions and they were:

2.1 DESERVED LOVE: Deserved God’s love offered to all (His positive responded children).

In John 3:16 it is said, “For God So loved the world that He gave His only begotten son 9

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that whoever believes in Him (God Jesus) shall not perish but have eternal life” . God

observes our response. In the above verse, it is specified, “Whoever believes”. It demands the belief on God. Then we became God’s pleasing kid and God lavishly showers His deserved love.

2.1.1 Benefits of Deserved Love:

Deserved love offers God’s forgiveness to those who requests. God’s greatest gift: Holy spirit (Acts 2:2-4), Heavenly citizenship. Deserved love works in the heart of those who pleaded and transforms the sinful heart into Saint heart slowly through environmental situations. Moreover, God’s deserved love motivates God to invest His time and care to build suitable infrastructure for us. God’s infrastructure includes right partner (for character building), good job, properties and on. In the life of Abraham, the patriot, Abraham’s positive response to God’s call invites, God into all personal & societal spheres of him and eventually it leads to offer right solutions to all problems of his life. There is not a single problem of Abraham, which is out of His (God’s) reach.

1. God met Sarah & solved barrenness [Genesis 18:10]; 2. God met Hagur & solved her problem of run-away and thirst.

[Genesis 16:11,12] 3. God met Lot and offers rescue plan [Genesis 14:16].

4. God met head of Abraham’s servant, to provide right bride for Isaac [Genesis 24:12].

5. God offered the best gift: Holy spirit [Acts 2:2-4].

Holy spirit is a part of triune God, who came down from God, who came down from heaven and stays during our earthly life. He helps us in our weakness and He prays for us, If we don’t know how to pray…Romans 8:26-28.

6. God invests heavily on our personal security system. Our personal security in this world, became a primary concern for heaven. They offered Two angels who stood and watches over us (24X7).

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7. God’s eyes watches every individual believer and non-believers of this world day and night to offer timely help [Genesis 6:5].

2.2 GOD’s SUFFERING LOVE: God’s voluntary love for every individual became a suffering love, when relationship between God & individual (or) a nation got strained. Disobedience, murmurs & sinning against God, strains the relationship. But heaven volunteers to offer rescue plan to the lost individuals/ the lost nation. God observes the response to the God’s offer.

A business nation named ‘Nineveh’, involved in indulgence and passing pleasures lost the God’s deserving love. Now God’s suffering love offers rescue plan to them. God sent his prophet Jonah to them. Though Jonah was unwilling, God’s suffering love was so specific with Jonah’s travel. Prophet Jonah’s adventurous travel (Ship + Whale fish ride) turned into a good will gesture of God. He travelled into Nineveh and proclaimed God’s message. Nineveh responded positively. Nineveh humbled (King to servants) and announced fasting to it. So, God’s judgement document against Nineveh got cancelled [Jonah 3:10]. This incident represents national response to God’s call.

In another incident, Eli a priest of God had a family issue. Though Eli, knew his son’s wickedness, but he didn’t take any rescue actions. But God, didn’t let any prayers he offered to fell down (I Samuel 2:20,21). In addition to that, he was warned three times.

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(i)

By the people who worked in God’s temple (I Samuel 2.22)

(ii)

By a man of God (I Samuel 2.27)

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By the junior servant Samuel (I Samuel 3.12).

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But Eli priest response is “It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to Him. I Samuel 3.18”. God’s expected response is to pray for them, because God honors every word spoke by Him but he didn’t do that. So, negative response of God’s priest became a judgement for him.

2.3 GOD’s LOVE DOES NOT ENVY (I Cor 13:4b) God’s Love is a magnified form of a parent’s love. As a dad watches his kid while baby leans and starts to walk by itself and His (God’s) heart merries over it.

Similarly, God’s eyes with merry heart will also watches His disciples who executes His work diligently. Therefore, God Jesus on His last meeting with disciples in earth. He told, “Assuredly I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also and greater works than these he will do because I go to my Father...John14.12”. His heart is filled with love and compassion before every miracle. He didn’t promote Himself but He glorifies the name of Father. That’s why He told boldly, “Greater works that these you will do…”. We will validate this statement of God Jesus by three incidents recorded in the bible.

2.3.1 Validation

2.3.1.1 Case-1a: God’s Power flows from His Tunic:

A lady from Israel, with a disease (seamless menstrual period-blood flow). In those days, girl with this disease was considered as untouchable, has to stay outside their homes. Should not touch any vessels or her own kids. So, this lady’s heart was so broken. Hope she would have stayed in the out-house of their estate. Food may be shared by her servant, in a dedicated vessel. But parallelly, her family would have tried to heal her by spending huge money. After two or three years of medicines, even they would have lost hope. Years passed-by. This lady locked her doors and cried to God the Father regularly. She can’t able to attend any family functions, marriage festivals and 7-festivals of Jews. Everywhere she was denied and forced to stay back in homes. She hated herself. Twelve years have passed. But good news came through her servant. She told; God Jesus with His disciples were passing through her city. Come and tell your 12

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problem. He may heal you. But she was little uncomfortable as it was sin, to walk in crowds. Her servants encouraged her and dressed her with modified dress; so that others cannot identified her. She covered her head also. Now with lot of glorious songs, the crowd moved along with Him. This lady sneaked into the crowd and asked “Where is Jesus in the crowd?”.

They pointed on the leading person in the crowd. A lean and tall gentle man, walking very fastly. So, she identified Him. Now she had low confidence to stop him and tell her problem. So, she decided to just touch His clothes in faith. Suddenly, her pains were gone. She got healed. Now she wants to withdraw from the crowd silently. But the fastmoving crowd stopped suddenly. God Jesus asked, “Who touched me…. somebody touched me for I perceived power going out (flowing) from me... John 8:46”. Then this girl came forward and told her testimony. God replied with happy heart, “Daughter be of good cheer, your faith has made you well. Go in peace... John 8:48”.

2.3.1.2 Case 1b: God’s power flowing from the shade of Apostles:

Apostles were preaching in Jerusalem streets. Crowds were added. One day as they preached in Solomon porch, they did not have time to meet individually on every need of people. So, God multiplied the healing power on them. (i.e.) Even their shade can offer healing to them. It was quoted below: And believers were increasingly added to the Lord multitudes of both men and women, so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches that atleast the shadow of peter passing by that might calling on themActs 5:14,15.

VALIDATION REMARKS:

Therefore, based on the quotes of John 14:12; God Jesus conformed His word and offered multiple times of His powers to apostles.

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2.3.1.3 Case 2a: God’s generous heart offers exponential quantity of money and property to apostles than Him:

God Jesus during His earthly life, He had many disciples to follow. During His travel, many of His disciples gave gifts and money to Him. So, God Jesus assigned one of His disciples named Judas Iscariot as treasurer. Judas kept a money bag and maintained all offertory into it. It is used for their daily expense. Judas…brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders (Mathew 27:3).

2.3.1.4 Case 2b: Apostle’s offertory:

Apostles’ offertory after God Jesus ascensions was multiplied exponentially. People who were blessed with Holy spirit and got salvation were in one accord and sold lands and houses and laide them in apostles’ feet. For all who were possessors of land or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold and laid them at the apostle’s feet (Acts 4:34,35a).

Validation Remarks:

Therefore, the monetary blessings given to apostles were multifold than the Jesus Christ, based on the reference John 14:12.

2.3.1.5 Case 3a: God Jesus Outreach:

God Jesus during His earthly ministry, He focused on Israel. He cured them, healed their diseases; demon-possessed people were delivered all oppressed people were liberated. But His focus and prayer were within the limits of Israel. I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel; Mathew 15:24. According to this verse, God Jesus reached all outcasts and oppressed of Israel.

2.3.1.6 Case 3b: Apostle’s outreach through the influence of Holy Spirit:

After Ascension, God Jesus reached the ends of earth through apostles.

He blessed them, trained them (2 by 2 with 70 disciples; Luke 10:1) and equipped them with Holy spirit and provide them with a commission. “...Repentance and remission of sins

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should ne preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And You are witnesses of these things Luke 24:47,48”.

Validation Remarks:

All apostles along with St. Paul reached Europe, Asia, Asia minor, Middle east countries, India, after they were anointed. As a result of these, millions of people got blessed and they became citizens of heaven.

2.4 GOD’s LOVE IS NOT PARADE ITSELF: God’s love didn’t expect any honor or salutations after every miracle. God Jesus while He was in the earth, after He performs mighty miracles. He withdrew from the place silently. A man with paralytic attack was kept in the Bethesda Portico. The first year, he had heart to jumped into the pool. Nothing happened. Second year passed by. Third year passed. His hope beam diminishes. Then his heart adopt itself to the situation, as he knows he can’t jump when angel comes. But, his long-pending prayer request is on God’s table. Though he forgets his prayer, God honors his prayer.

God sent Jesus to heal him but not in the same way as others healed. As it is recorded in the bible, Jesus did the miracle (John 5:13b) and Jesus had withdrawn from the place, without even mentions His name to the cured man. What a wonderful, humble God! He is. Later the cured man (John 5.15), found that it was Jesus who had made him well. This verse manifests that, God’s love does not parade itself.

In another incident, Jesus descending down from mountain after heavenly visitation, met a leper with a prayer request of healing Him. So far, in Israel history after Myriam’s healing, no one else got healed. Elijah healed Naaman, a Syrian leper (nonIsraelite). Therefore, this leper from Israel was a remarkable one. But he did not publicize it. In bible (Luke 8:4), He told “See that you tell no one”. God Jesus depend on Father’s glory.

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2.5 GOD’s LOVE NOT PUFFED UP: One day, as God Jesus was preaching disciples and His relatives in earth, Prophet John sent his disciples, to clear His doubt. As prophet John was lived remotely, in the wilderness from the city life it was always so strange for him to live amidst crowd.

But in the last days of his life, his old age parents died his disciples scattered and lived lonely in underground prison of Herod. John was filled with disappointment & depressed with little faith. But whenever his disciples came to saw he bottles up his heart. He believed, Jesus would have release him. So, he sent his disciples and asked, “Are you the coming one or do we look for another Mathew 11:3”. But God Jesus ponder it and responded, “The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them”. In this verse, the statement is written as indirect sentence. For eg. ‘The blind see’ How a blind saw, unless someone healed him? The blind saw by God’s touch. So, the healer’s identity was hidden and it symbolizes God Jesus humility and also left for John’s meditation. As He was in the prison, his faith level dipping low and he need booster too. So, God’s humble love in Mathew 11:5, broke the barriers of prison and lifted the faith level.

2.6 GOD’s LOVE DOES NOT BEHAVE RUDELY, DOES NOT SEEK ITS OWN: Pharisees with different opinion, became an ever participator of God Jesus sermon. They did not miss even a single sermon of Him. But these sermons did not enter their heart, but into their reasoning minds. They attended with the intention of proving Jesus as wrong. But God Jesus did not respond rudely even for single instant. Some of the questions of Pharisees are given below:

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Q.NO:1) By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority? [Ref: Mathew 21:23,24] I will also ask you one thing, which of you tell me, like wise I will tell you by what authority I do these…The baptism of John where was it from?.

Q.NO:2) Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? [Ref: Mathew 22:17-21] Why do you test me? You hypocrites? Show me..the “tax money” whose image and inscription is this?

Q.NO:3) Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders but eat bread with unwashed hands? (Ref: Mark-7:5-19) (i) This people honor me with their lips, but their heart was far from me, and in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. (ii) There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile him.

So, all the three responses show, how God Jesus politely responded potentially malicious questions of pharisees.

2.6.1 God’s Love did not seek its own (self):

God Jesus did not seek His own health at any instant during the life time in earth. When devil prompts him to change the stones into bread after 40-long days of fasting. He answered, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but every word that

proceeds from the mouth of God”.

Moreover, when prophet John was martyred God Jesus took his disciples to quiet place said, “Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while. But the multitudes saw them departing and many knew Him and ran there on foot from all the cities. And Jesus saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like a sheep not having a shepherd...John 6:31-35”. In the above, God Jesus prefers quiet place for He and His disciples resting. But the people gathered in the same place before He arrives, did not 17

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surprise Him. But His heart responded with compassion on the people. So, the resting place became a preaching ground until evening and them miracle happen. So, God did not seek His own health in the two incidents.

2.7 (GOD’s) LOVE IS NOT PROVOKED, THINKS NO EVIL: God Jesus during His last journey to cross, He went through 3-step humiliation. (i)

Late-night enquiry (Pharisees, Herod palace and Pilate)

(ii)

Roman Soldiers chastisement (Spitted, Scourged with lead hooked belts)

(iii)

Crucified in cross with 3-nails.

God Jesus spent totally 15 hours of hardships includes Phase-I (9 hours); Phase-

II (3-hours); Phase-III (3-hours). The crowd was vehemently accusing, cursing, discouraging them. But God’s reply in the cross, “Father, forgive them for they do not know, what they do?” God Jesus kept His temper calm and He did not express any

angry on the cross. His kind heart was seen in verse quoted above (Luke 23:34). He did not bother about His agony, but on the people who were accusing them. He lived perfectly and God Jesus walked by what He preached.

God’s kind heart and hungry for souls not stopped in crucifixion. He enrolled first soul in heaven (New Testament) era, who was his neighbor in the cross, “Assuredly I say to you, today you will be with me in the paradise-Luke 23:43”.

God Jesus after resurrection too, He extended His love to the same crowd and postponed all judgement to Israel after 70 years.

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2.8 (GOD’s) LOVE DOES NOT REJOICE IN INIQUITY BUT REJOICES IN ALL TRUTH: Case:1 God Jesus wisdom far more than King Solomon. One day a little girl, caught in adultery was trapped in the hands of pharisees. They surrounded her before Jesus and vehemently accusing her. After a few minutes pause, Pharisees asking God’s opinion.

But God Jesus did not respond immediately. He silently downed His head and asking Holy Spirit’s counsel. Holy Spirit whispered about Pharisees who got trapped in the same sin. Then God responded “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first Luke 8:7 ”. They left her and went away.

Case:2 In another incident, Mary Magdalene brought on costly ointment which was purchased by her one-year savings. She purchased and poured on the feet of Jesus Christ and wiped her. Pharisees said, “This man if He were a prophet would know who and what manner of woman this is and who is touching him for, she is a sinner”. But God Jesus kindly forgives all sins and told “Your Sins are forgiven-Luke 7:48”.

So, in above two cases, God’s love does not rejoice in iniquity but rejoice in all truth.

2.9 (GOD’s) LOVE BEARS ALL THINGS, BELIEVES ALL THINGS: God Jesus while He was on the cross, one disciple betrayed (Judas); one disciple cursed him (Peter) and other disciples hidden themselves, roman soldiers and pharisees cursed him. He did not have no assurance whether sinners will repent or not.

But yet He relied on God the Father’s promise of outpouring Holy spirit (Acts 2:17).

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As I was rightly quoted in “For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; Yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love towards us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us-Romans 5:7”

2.10 (GOD’s) LOVE HOPES ALL THINGS, ENDURES ALL THINGS: God Jesus love on his father builds on reliance and trust. On the Mt. Olives, While He was praying, “Abba, Father all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me; nevertheless, not what I will but what you will-Mark 14:36”. God Jesus laid His desire as least priority and He preferred God the Father’s priority as highest one.

God Jesus did not rely on past statistics about whether His obedience on cross is feasible or not. He leaves it into the hands of father. In Hebrews 12:2, “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith, who for the Joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame and he sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”. Moreover, God’s endurance limit is a long-sighted one. It is aiming at the salvation of all who believes Him. According to 2 Peter 3:9, “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is long suffering towards us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”

2.11 (GOD’s) LOVE NEVER FAILS: The quote “Love never fails” could be tested and understood the value of love intensity. Human Love have limits and beyond that it will be failed. Parents love on Kid upto certain age where as friends love thrived within school/college campus but the love of God never ends, never expires, never be exhausted nor be weary.

Only one person in the universe who assures us, “I will never leave you nor forsake youHebrew 13:5”(i.e.), God. That’s why Martha and Mary sisters have complete reliance on Lazarus even after He dies. Martha would have thought, “If Jesus did not arrive before 20

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Lazarus death, He could resurrect for eternity”. She had confidence on Him. That’s why, she recovered from sorrow quickly and when Jesus reached the tomb even after four days.

But Jesus wept with her (John 11:35).

Hopes failed; Tear glands dried. The foul smell from the grave leaks into the air. Their melting hearts on belief got recovered rapidly after they saw Jesus near the tomb. Mary joined the team of Jesus. She laid her heaviness to Jesus. Jesus with calm voice said, “Take away the stone”. Martha stopped Him from opening tomb whereas other dozens of eyes got a sudden spark and they focused on Jesus with puzzles. Heart beats limped again. When the voice they heard, “Lazarus come forth-John 11:43”. There begins a never-failing love of Jesus.

Another incident, God Jesus unfailing love was clearly manifested. In a marriage hall of a Cana town of Galilee district. Jesus was invited. Visitors flood-in. As a practice of Jewish marriage, a cup of delicious grape juice would be served as welcome dish. But the cook was run in hurry, to the bridegroom as they were running out of.

Bridegroom was relative to Mary. So, she recommended it to Jesus for performing a miracle. Along with Jesus, few of the John’s disciples were there. Jesus selects 6-jars used for washing hands and legs. They filled it. As He says. He prayed to God and transformed it. He (God Jesus) humbly moved out of the place. Except servants no one knows how the grapevine was came. That’s why master of feast said to bridegroom, “Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now-John 2.10”. God’s love never fails the people, who trusts him.

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CHAPTER-3 : GOD’s LOVE DIMENSION God’s unachievable, unattainable love became a feasible love for man-kind. The dedicated God’s dwelling place (Heaven) was shared with humans too through the calvary cross. In addition to that, for qualifying humans as heavenly citizens and edify us, God anoint His servant as Apostles, Prophets, Teachers, Miracles, Gift of healings (I Corinthians 12.28). Moreover, God who is rich in grace gifted the ministers with the word of wisdom through the spirit, the word of knowledge through the spirit, faith, gift of healings, working of miracles, discerning of spirits, different kind of tongues, interpretation of tongues. (I Corinthians 12:8-10).

God’s love manifestation has 3-dimensions: Length, width, depth and height. It diffuses all hidden borders and provides deliverance healing, help, promotions, future, hope, right contacts and on. God’s love dimension quoted in Ephesians 3:18, “May be able to comprehend with all the saints, what is the length, width, depth and height to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge ”. We will

learn each dimension’s significance and comprehend the mystery of God’s love.

3.1 WIDTH OF GOD’s LOVE: The width of God’s love is defined as the God’s love is defined as the God’s compassionate love acting in the child’s life between a child’s birth date and its last date in earth. God did an extensive homework in heaven before. He permits the embryo to grow in mother’s womb.

It was quoted in the Bible as “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; Before you were born, I sanctified you- Jeremiah 1:5”. So, God knows all about

a kid before it is born. Let us learn, what are the work done by God, before a kid was born? God is maintaining a special book (Psalms 139:16) for every child. He decides the following information:

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 Birth and Death date (Psalms 31:15)  Date for Crawl & Sitting date (Psalms 139:2a)  Date for standing (Psalms 139:2b)  God decides all good and bad path of kid (Psalms 139:3b, Psalms 1:6b)  God decides the protection cover with angels and Holy Spirit (Psalms 139:5a)  God determines the count of hair (Mathew 10:30)  God craft the man as mold very precisely with predetermined height and weight (Psalms 139:14). Moreover, profession selected by kid was not a random event, it was based on talent & skills planted into the kid’s heart.

Who plants the skill?  God provides skill when we were born (Exodus 35: 30-35). God had filled Mr.Bezalel s/o Uri with gold and silver ornament making skill and Aholiab S/o Ahisamach with skill of making blue, purple curtains.  God is also providing training for honing the nurtured skills. For example: King David was comfortable with swing but he needs training to handle sword. “God teaches my hands to make war -Psalms 18:34”.

To know more about God’s intensive work on every Kid’s life before a child is born and is explained as case study below. A priest named Mr. Zechariah and Mrs. Elizabeth lived in a city of Judea. They are righteous before God. They prayed for a kid. But these prayers were unanswered and they become old. They forgot their prayer requests. Eventually, their prayers were answered while praying for others.

Now the kid was born. Before kid reaches 15 years of age, both were passed away.

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Now we will reverse the events, in another way. What will happen, if the kid were born in the early age of the parents (Pro.Zechariah & Elizabeth)?. If the birth date of John was preponed, then the Prophet John would be an orthodoxy priest John. Parents won’t let him to grow in wilderness. He will be nurtured in priest homes and he will be one among pharisees.

But God’s plan is to grow in wilderness without the doctrines of pharisee. So, Prophet John became a straight forward preacher against Pharisee (Luke 3:7,8,9). So based on the above incident we can understand, God is the controller of our times (birth date). In addition to that, the list of skills provided to prophet John were: (i)

Bold Voice (To preach)

(ii)

Dominating leader (To lead disciples)

(iii)

Hunting (To gather honey & for food)

(iv)

Praying (Like Elijah)

(v)

Strength in Knees (To pray and To Baptize people)

All these skills were kept as seeds in his DNA (spirit) and it gets activated. Once, he got connected with God in prayer.

3.2 LENGTH OF GOD’s LOVE: Length of God’s love is defined as the length of revival (mass reach) exists by the zealous God’s love. Revival transforms witch-crafters into worshipers of true God, prostitutes into soul winners; idol worshippers into seekers of almighty; drunkards into meditations; of God’s word; Pick pockets into Sowers of God’s word. Revival produces social transformation.

Moreover, in 19th century American revival blossoms and the end-effects were: drinking clubs and theatres were closed; Porn shops were stopped; without any law enforcement. People attitudes was changed. They hate sins.

But on the flip side, more inventions and innovations happen (as like 19th century industrial revolution) and more governing theories like democracy was evolved.

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People life standards were elevated. God’s outpouring love (i.e., Holy spirit anointment) were available for young people. More export and imports between countries was blossomed. So let us ask God earnestly for this revival to our nation.

3.2.1 How it evolves:

Revival is not a random event, but the heaven and earth synchronize together on one common goal. God put deep passion for revival in the hearts of men. Their passion transforms into seamless prayer (Fig.2) for years and Heaven translated this prayer petition into revival. Revival incubates wise young people, born under the wings of Holy spirit. Young people rise and do great things for nations.

Heaven’s response

God will raise praying saints

Mass revival

God’s fragrance was spread to multiple countries

Figure-2: Length of Revival It leads to mass revival. Transforms wretched into saints; New songs and worship team evolved; Crimes declined. People spoke about social upliftment. In early apostle days, people sold their properties and gave to apostles. Equal living, common food distribution was practiced.

In equality will be removed. Keep your eye closed and imagine those days. Your heart will be glad. No hatred, No jealousy, No murders. Night time robbery, will be stopped.

Earth would be transformed as an image of heaven.

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in the upper room. This revival originated in a country and then it will spread God’s fragrance to all countries amidst persecution (Acts 8:4).

40+40 = 80 days of Prayer

God Jesus Prayer Apostles Prayer

200 years of Revival

200 A D

Gospel to Rome & Rome reign transformation

150 A D

Gospel to India, Spain turkey 100 A D

50 A D

0AD

2nd Generation leaders, Antioch, Syria, Greece God’s Crucifixion, Holy Spirit’s Outpouring, Apostles formed

Figure-2: Cause (Prayer) And Effect (Revival) Diagram Table-1 Span of Revival Sustenance in Histories SNO

PROPHETS/LEADERS

REVIVAL

REVIVAL SPAN

PRAYER 1.

Prop. Moses + Lead. Joshua

Israelite liberty

40 years

2.

Prop. Samuel + King David

Sanctification in Israel

40 years

3.

Prop. Daniel, Queen Esther, Gov. Nehemiah Machabees Revival

Rebuilding of temple

50 Years

Defending Jerusalem

40 Years

5.

God Jesus Christ + Apostle’s prayer

Mass Repentance (Ist Century Revival)

6.

Martin Luther King

Reformation in doctrines and protestant formation

200 years and passed on to several countries (2000 years) till now 30 Years

4.

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8.

PROPHETS/LEADERS PRAYER Mr.Evan Roberts (13 years of prayer) Mr. William Seymour

REVIVAL

REVIVAL SPAN

Welsh Revival Azusa Street Revival

40 years (2922 chapels formed) 8 years

9.

William Blair

North Korean Revival

1-year (1907)

10.

Dr.David Yongi choo

South Korean Revival

64 year

11.

Pas. Reinhard Bonke

African Revival

52 years

12.

Apos.Thomas to Prophet DGS

Indian Revival

2000 years (Revival happened in diff. states of India in different time periods)

SNO 7.

3.3 HEIGHT OF GOD’s LOVE: The God who sits on high (7th Heaven) and Yet His eyes are looking on the earth which is kept lower than the First layer of heaven. Why God’s eyes have to focus on earth? God’s eyes are focusing on contrite and broken-hearted man. “For thus says the High and Lofty one who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place with Him who has a contrite and humble spirit, and to revive the heart of Contrite ones-Isaiah 57:15 NKJV”.

God wants to heal the broken-hearted ones, oppressed and captives and then to proclaim the Jubilee year (Year of Liberty) to then. “The spirit of the Lord God is upon me…. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to those who are abound; To proclaim the acceptable year (Jubilee) of the God and the day of the vengeance of our God. To comfort all who mourn – Isaiah 61:1,2 NKJV”.

God’s (eyes) favor to the broken-hearted is to provide comfort to them and to announce Jubilee year to the slaves. Jubilee year is the year of restoring bonded slaves to their families (i.e., restoring independence to slaves), restoring properties and rejoin with the lost ones.

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Moreover, the people ought to die because of their sin and curses got liberated by the light of gospel. Their sins are remitted by the grace of God, “The People who sat in the darkness have seen a great light and upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death, Light is dawned -Mathew 4:16”.

The Light of gospel was sent to broken-hearted and contrite in spirit to console them and to gain heaven citizenship. For edifying the oppressed people, God anoints some to be apostles, prophets, teachers, workers of miracles (2 Cor 12:29). As a result of gospel, their souls were saved, baptized, anointed with Holy spirit and given with specific God’s will, word of God and guardian angels to protect them day and night. The above (God’s) response shows the God’s humbleness and goodness of His majesty to care for the meek and poor people.

3.4 DEPTH OF GOD’s LOVE: God’s love not just stopped above the earth, but it will penetrate deep into hell to restore what is lost. When St. Paul travelled (2 Corinthians 1:9), in Asian regions he felt the attack of punished spirits (i.e., sentence of death) who disturbed and harmed the peace level of him. But God restored it.

By the spirit…He went and preached to the spirits in prison who formerly were disobedient, when once the divine long suffering waited in the days of Noah- I Peter 3:18-20. God on the day after crucifixion descends into the hell and preached to the human spirits who caught in hell during the days of Noah. Some of them who believed God Jesus Christ and they were carried by God to heaven, “When he ascended on High, He (Jesus) led captivity (sin) captive and gave gifts (rewards) to men -Ephesians 4:8”. Their sin account got cancelled and they were rewarded in heaven.

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