Author: Jim

Love in Genesis

Occurs 14 Times
First mention of Love in Scripture.
The TEST: Do you love your child more than you love God! See The Test
Genesis 22:2And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
First mention of husband and wife love in Scripture.
Genesis 24:67And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Father loved one son, Mother loved the other.
Genesis 25:28And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
A fatherly request
Genesis 27:4And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
Mom cooks dad’s favorite meal:
Genesis 27:9,14Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
What a man in Love will do.
Genesis 29:18,20,30 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
She hoped this would cause her husband to love her.
Genesis 29:32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
But he went about it all wrong.
Genesis 34:3And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
When a parent loves one child over all the others
Genesis 37:3-4Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Judah answers Joseph (who he did not recognize) about his family
Genesis 44:20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.

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Love in Matthew

Appears 11 times
The Lord Jesus instructs those who came to hear Him.
Matthew 5:43-44,46 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
Matthew 6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve
God and mammon.
As the Lord Jesus sends the 12 to spread the word.
Matthew 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
One came to question Him on Eternal Life and The Lord included:
Matthew 19:19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
He was asked, which is the greatest commandment?
Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Matthew 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Teaching the multitude about the Scribes and Pharisees:
Matthew 23:6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Teaching from the Mount of Olives:
Matthew 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

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Love in the NT

Love appears 202 Times in the New Testament

The Gospels are the recorded ministry of the Lord Jesus as He presented Himself as the Messiah to the Jews. And as recorded in John 3:16 He came in Love (love for the whole world). And love, as it appears in the Gospels will usually be spoken by the Lord Jesus.
Love Appears 110 Times

See ⇨ Love in Matthew
See ⇨ Love in Mark
See ⇨ Love in Luke
See ⇨ Love in John
See ⇨ Love in Acts
See ⇨ Love in the Jewish Epistles
See ⇨ Love in Revelation

Appears 92 Times
⇛ Also read Love in Paul’s Letters

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Love in Hebrews

Mentioned 5 times

The authorship to Hebrews is uncertain, BUT it is consistent with Paul’s writing and doctrine. This book presents Christ as the Author and Perfecter of our faith only as Paul would write.
The Apostle Paul quotes Psalm 45:7 and Isaiah 61:3.
Hebrews 1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
God keeps records of our life and works. (see Book of Life)
Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
The way one should live.
Hebrews 10:24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
Love includes discipline.
Hebrews 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Love comes first.
Hebrews 13:1 Let brotherly love continue.

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NO Other God

The 1st Commandment (of the 10)
Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Moses reminds the Tribes (Jews) of Israel:
Exodus 34:14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Nebuchadnezzar declares:
Daniel 3:29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
Malachi the prophet reminds Isreal (the Jews):
Malachi 2:10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
A Scribe (Jew) answers the Lord Jesus:
Mark 12:32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
James (the half brother of the Lord Jesus) writes to the Jews:
James 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
John (the beloved disciple) reminds Jewish believers:
1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
The Apostle Paul writes to the Churches:
Romans 3:30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
1 Corinthians 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Ephesians 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
And to Timothy Paul writes:
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
What did the Lord Jesus say?:
John 10:30 I and my Father are one.
There are other references but for now, this is enough to prove that there is only ONE GOD and that God is:
The Lord Jesus Christ

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Blood – The Benefits

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Blood, the Benefits of Christ’s

There are those who want to remove the blood from scripture and song. They say it makes Christianity a gory religion and just the fact that Jesus died for us is enough. But what saith the scripture? Let’s start with the words of Jesus:
Matthew 26:28, Mark 14:24 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Luke 22:20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
John 6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.  Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.  He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
To summarize what Jesus said about HIS BLOOD: remission of sins, shed for many, shed for you, hath eternal life, dwelleth in me (Christ).
Looks like Jesus taught HIS BLOOD was important.
The Apostle Paul wrote much of the blood of Christ:
Romans 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, …
Romans 5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
1 Corinthians 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, …
Ephesians 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Colossians 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, …
And to Jewish believer’s Paul wrote:
Hebrews 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Hebrews 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from …
Hebrews 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Hebrews 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
Hebrews 13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
At Ephesus, Paul reminded the church elders:
Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
And Peter, to his fellow Jews wrote:
1 Peter 1:18-19 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, … But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
John also wrote of the importance of the blood:
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Revelation 1:5 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,
Revelation 7:14 … These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

As the hymn writer penned:  “What can wash away my sin, nothing but the blood of Jesus”
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Love in Philemon

Mentioned 3 times

The Apostle Paul reminds them of what he is hearing.
Philemon 1:5 Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
Philemon 1:7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

Paul prepares to ask for a favor from his friend.
Philemon 1:9 Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

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Love in Titus

Mentioned 6 times

Some qualifications for church leadership
Titus 1:8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

Older women should teach younger women.
Titus 2:4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

Remember why God sent Hs son.
Titus 3:4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

The Apostles final word to Titus.
Titus 3:15 All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.

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