i am in a small group with a bunch of amazing dudes. we meet every Monday night. its always a great time. we hang out, eat some food, lately have been watching Monday night football. after the game we will get to talking. we are going through C.S. Lewis' book Mere Christianity. its truly amazing and as a group we have grown a lot from reading it.
something we read last night stuck out to me. everyone uses the term "God is love." all Christians seem to know this term and it has become pretty clique within the Christian community. which is fine. it works. but something that we started to talk about, which we got from our reading, was that people don't really understand the FULL CONTEXT of this saying "God is Love."
it has to do with the Trinity. people say they don't get the idea that God can be 3 different beings but they are all in the same. we try to use the "egg example" and the idea of water, ice, and steam to explain it. but the mere saying of "God is Love" explains this idea that God is 3 in 1. that He has to be.
think about this.
Love. it is an emotion. in order for someone to love something, truly love someone, there is an exchange of feelings. we love someone and they love us back. an irrational love is when you love something and it can love back. this is not the case with God. "God is Love" means that there is more than 1 there. love requires 2 or more beings (beings because we are the only ones capable of such complex emotions) there. meaning God is more than 1 being. God is love because love requires at least two.
a better explanation of this term would be "Love is God" for our culture today. Love is God is something that we are obsessed with today. it sounds similar, but its not at all. today, the act of getting love is turning into a god, an idol. where we are not pursing the love of God, but love in general, from anyone or anything. there is a big difference. its funny how our culture takes something that is amazing like "God is Love" and changes it something like "Love is god" which is something far from what is true, but it sounds so similar.
also, think about this. the fact that God is Love shows that he is living and active. showing love is an action. you give love and you receive love. God is Love then basically means that he is actively giving and receiving love. always. the saying "God is Love" proves that our God is always active and living. this is reassuring.
i hope that makes sense. i was just thinking about this whole idea. it blew our minds last night.
Random Fact: A head of human hair is strong enough to support the weight of two elephants.
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