The Love of God: “O Love of God, How Strong and True” (#149)

What more wonderful theme could come from our lips than that of the love of God?  It is there in the best-known verse in the entire Bible, John 3:16: “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”  Not only believers in the devotional thoughts in the privacy of their homes and in their attitude in corporate worship as their hearts are warmed by this consideration, but also preachers and theologians in the depths and heights of their detailed examinations of this great theme are left in awe and wonder at its unsearchable limits. One of the greatest treatises in all the history of Christendom is Jonathan Edwards’ classic 18th century exposition of Paul’s words in “the love chapter,” in 1 Corinthians 13:1-8.  In his sermon, “Heaven, A World of Love,” he demonstrates that heaven’s greatest joy will be that of experiencing eternally the ineffable love of God.

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