{"id":1066260,"date":"2024-06-21T09:04:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T15:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awmi2.wpenginepowered.com\/?post_type=browse-teaching&p=1066260"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:49:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:49:03","slug":"gods-kind-of-love","status":"publish","type":"browse-teaching","link":"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/browse-teaching\/gods-kind-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"God’s Kind of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Loving Others Through God\u2019s Love<\/p>\n

\u201cBeloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love\u201d<\/i>\u00a0(1 John 4:7-8).<\/p>\n

Most of us think that we really understand the love of God, but our experience proves otherwise. We feel lonely, depressed, discouraged, and defeated. Every one of these negative emotions would be turned to positive by a proper revelation of God\u2019s love for us.<\/p>\n

As for loving others, most of us would admit there are some people who are very difficult to love. Since we do not fully understand God\u2019s love for us, we fail in loving others. We can\u2019t give away what we don\u2019t have. If we receive a full revelation of God\u2019s love for us, it becomes easy to love others with the love that we have received.<\/p>\n

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Faith Rooted in Love<\/p>\n

When we struggle to believe that God\u2019s promises to us will come to pass, that\u2019s unbelief; but the root of that unbelief is a lack of love. Galatians 5:6 says faith works by love. That means love is the driving force behind our faith. Remove or diminish love, and faith ceases to be what it should be. Many of us try hard to believe when we should be seeking a greater revelation of God\u2019s love for us. Then, faith would just naturally work.<\/p>\n

Personal Testimony of Faith and Provision<\/p>\n

Just a few months after Jamie and I were married, we were in a desperate situation. I had quit my job, believing that the Lord wanted me to go into full-time ministry. The result was that we were hurting financially. It had been days since we had eaten. We had nothing but a few Cokes that a friend had given us and a bag of Fritos that we had been rationing out. Our faith was beginning to waver. We were fighting with all we had, to believe that the Lord was going to supply our needs, but our circumstances and empty bellies were screaming unbelief at us.<\/p>\n

One morning, Jamie took our last fifty cents and our car and drove to the laundry mat to do some laundry. While she was gone, I did some serious business with the Lord. I was crying and saying, \u201cLord, I don\u2019t understand. I would give my right arm to feed Jamie. I believe You love us more than I love Jamie, and yet You aren\u2019t taking care of us.\u201d I had let circumstances blind me to God\u2019s love. That\u2019s the main reason my faith wasn\u2019t working.<\/p>\n

The Lord spoke Luke 12:32 to me very clearly. That verse says, \u201cFear not, little flock; for it is your Father\u2019s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.\u201d Suddenly, I realized my unbelief was because I had forgotten how much God loves us. God delights in our prosperity (Ps. 35:27). He gets no pleasure from watching us starve. As the revelation of God\u2019s love for us came flooding over me, all doubt that our needs would be supplied was instantly gone. When Jamie returned from doing the laundry, I told her that we were going to eat meat that day.<\/p>\n

We had Fritos and Coke for lunch. We skipped supper because we were tired of Fritos and Coke. At church, a friend asked us to stop by his apartment after the service. We thought, \u201cMaybe they are going to feed us.\u201d We stayed and talked for over an hour, but there was no food. As we were leaving, however, the man gave us loads of fish that he had caught. He also gave us all the vegetables to go with them. We rushed home, and Jamie fixed us a feast. Just a few minutes prior to midnight, we ate meat to our fill. The next day was my birthday, and a woman in the church gave us a large box full of porterhouse steaks. We went from a starvation diet of Fritos and Coke, to having enough steaks for a month in just a matter of hours because love made my faith work.<\/p>\n

When our friend gave us the fish that evening, he told us that he had sent his wife by our apartment earlier that morning to deliver the food. Our car was gone, though; so she supposed we were not there and didn\u2019t stop. The only time that car was gone all day long was when Jamie went to wash clothes and I was praying in that apartment. At the exact moment that I got a new and fresh revelation of God\u2019s love for us, our supply came through. It took us a few hours to see it, but God moved instantly. He wanted to supply our need more than we wanted Him to. My lack of faith in His love hindered Him. As soon as I opened up to His love, my faith revived and He supplied.<\/p>\n

God\u2019s Love Goes Beyond Knowledge<\/p>\n

There is more than just a superficial knowledge that God loves us. In Ephesians, chapter 3, Paul prayed that the Ephesians would get a greater revelation of God\u2019s love for them. He said, \u201cFor this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God\u201d (Eph. 3:14-19).<\/p>\n

Notice in verse 18 that God\u2019s love isn\u2019t just one-dimensional. There is height, depth, length, and breadth to it. Many Christians only see God\u2019s love as they would see a painting, in one-dimension. They\u2019ve never seen the multi-dimensional reality of God\u2019s love.<\/p>\n

The Importance of a Deep Revelation of God\u2019s Love<\/p>\n

In verse 19, Paul said as we experience God\u2019s love, which is superior to mere knowledge of God\u2019s love, then we would be filled with all the fullness of God. What a statement! Are you lacking in any area of your life? If so, you lack a revelation of God\u2019s love. Experiencing God\u2019s love equals fullness.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve said all of this to say that a deep revelation of God\u2019s love for us is the most important thing we can receive. First Corinthians 13:13 says, \u201cAnd now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity\u201d (God\u2019s kind of love).<\/p>\n

Breaking Free from Performance-Based Love<\/p>\n

There are many ways that Satan uses to try to block the revelation of God\u2019s love for us. One of the most subtle, and therefore the most deadly, ways is that he has deceived us into thinking that God\u2019s love for us is tied to our performance. We think we have to do something to earn God\u2019s love. We have to merit God\u2019s love. That is not what the Bible teaches.<\/p>\n

In the natural world, you get what you deserve. Employers don\u2019t hire you based on their love for you. You have to perform. If you perform badly, you are punished or fired. The same thing is true in most relationships. I\u2019ve had hundreds of married couples essentially tell me, \u201cThey don\u2019t deserve my love.\u201d However, the nearly-too-good-to-be-true news of the Gospel is that we don\u2019t get what we deserve. Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n

Living in the Light of God\u2019s Unconditional Love<\/p>\n

God\u2019s love for us is unconditional. That is, God doesn\u2019t love us because of some virtue we possess. God loves us because \u201cGod is love\u201d (1 John 4:8), not because we are lovely.<\/p>\n

Religion is one of the biggest propagators of the conditional-love-of-God lie. Most \u201cChristian churches\u201d teach that God\u2019s love for us is conditional, based on our performance. If we pray, go to church, pay our tithes, etc., then the Lord loves us and answers our prayers; but if we fail, then the Lord won\u2019t answer our prayers. That\u2019s not true.<\/p>\n

The Danger of \u201cSpiritual Dyslexia\u201d<\/p>\n

There is a disease in the church that I call \u201cspiritual dyslexia.\u201d Dyslexia is where a person sees things backwards. A dyslexic person sees the word \u201cgod\u201d as \u201cdog\u201d. There\u2019s a huge difference between God and a dog; yet dyslexics don\u2019t see it.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpiritual dyslexia\u201d has a similar effect on people. Those infected with this \u201cspiritual dyslexia\u201d see scriptures backwards. For instance, 1 John 2:3-5 says, \u201cAnd hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.\u201d<\/p>\n

A dyslexic Christian sees these verses and says, \u201cI want to know God, so I must keep His commandments.\u201d These verses are saying just the opposite. Keeping God\u2019s commandments is a result of knowing God. You can live a holy life without knowing God; the Pharisees proved that. However, you can\u2019t know God without living a holy life as a result. When God\u2019s love is perfected in us, keeping God\u2019s Word will be the result (verse 5).<\/p>\n

Getting the Cart Before the Horse<\/p>\n

Any attempt to reverse this order is \u201cgetting the cart before the horse.\u201d It won\u2019t work; and yet this is what the majority of Christians are trying to do. They are seeking to know the Lord better by living a holier life. It\u2019s just the opposite. Experiencing God\u2019s love more will produce a holy life.<\/p>\n

This dyslexic condition has caused many to tie God\u2019s love for them to their performance. When they do well, they let God\u2019s love for them flow. When they do poorly, they condemn themselves. They think God is condemning them, but He\u2019s not. In many cases, it\u2019s not even the devil condemning them. Satan has caused them to believe a lie, and they are condemning themselves.<\/p>\n

Open Your Heart to God\u2019s Love<\/p>\n

We all need a greater revelation of God\u2019s unconditional love for us! I have a special series designed just for that purpose. A revelation of God\u2019s unconditional love for me is what turned my life around in 1968. It\u2019s still impacting me today. These teachings reveal the things God showed me about His love. I believe that if you open up your heart, the Lord will grant you at least as much revelation on this as I have, and it will change your life. Please order the album entitled\u00a0God\u2019s Kind of Love: The Cure for What Ails Ya<\/i>\u00a0today.<\/p>\n

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