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1.3 – The Eternal Purposes of God – Part 2
Respond to the following prompts in paragraph format:
- Paraphrase in your own words without changing the meaning of these verses. Jn. 15:9 and Jn. 17:26.
- In a time of prayer, take time to write down the phrase below and say it out loud several times, pausing in between each time you speak it. Speak it out loud so your ear can hear what you are saying. Write down the effect of this prayer time.
Say this phrase, "Father God, you love me in the same way you love Jesus."
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Wow – as the father has loved me, so have I love you , now remain in love – my words – you have a father that loves you a love that is beyond measure – beyond what the world even can comprehend – you are to carry this love and give it freely to others as you stand in it like a overfilling cup that never gets empty.
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Jesus’s prayer is that we may know that the Heavenly Father loves Him and that the Heavenly Father loves us with the same love that He loves Jesus. Jesus says, “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.” There are two aspects of this verse that I am reflecting on now. The first is to pause after the first period (which in the Greek literally would read “and I also you I loved”)–to stop after this phrase and let this sink in. Jesus has loved us, loved me. After letting this hit me, I was struck by the phrase “remain in my love.” Noting that this is an imperative, I reflected on what that could mean and decided to look it up in a commentary. I found this: As in v. 4 this aor. is constative, underlining the urgency of the command for a cus- tomary practice (Fanning 369–70): "You must remain" (cf. Jude 21).Ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ τῇ ἐμῇ, "in my love" = "in the love I have for you." Remaining in Christ's love will mean "rejoicing in its reality, depending on its support, doing nothing to grieve it, but on the contrary engaging in that which delights the Lover" (Beasley-Murray 273). Yes, I truly rejoice in the reality that Jesus Christ loves me as the Father has loved Him and I certainly desire to do nothing that would grieve the One who loves me so in such an amazing way. Amen.
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In no way do I doubt the love of the Father for the Son. In fact, it is clear to me that such love is unimaginable to me. I hear in John 15:9 that Jesus loves me with this same, unimaginable love! Jesus loves me the same way, with the same love as, the Father loves Jesus. As if this wasn’t awe-inspiring enough, John 17:26 reveals that God’s love is now in me!! When I was baptized into Jesus’ Name, I was baptized into His death, resurrection and Life! I am in Him and His Spirit is in me! This is how I am able to keep the greatest commandment to the love the Lord my God with all my heart, mind and strength. The love by which I love God with is not the product of human love … it is the Love of God for God that I get to participate in being now “in Christ”! Mr. Anderson is correct, such truth is only understand through prayer and revelation.
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