Does Love Have A Number?

Scripture

Jesus said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.”

~John 21:16, NLT

Quote

Love must have a source and a recipient. To love nothing is not to love at all.

~Jonathan Cohn

Technically speaking, God is the source of love and the number for love is three…GOD IS LOVE. You need a subject, an object and a verb to have love. I love you…is the number for love. Love must have a object. John 3:16 states it well, “For God so loved the world.” God is the subject and source, loved is the verb and the world {people} is the object. It is not enough to have two, the subject and object: there must be a verb to link them. What links God to the world is love. Jesus said to His disciples is John 15:17, “I command you to love one another.” Do you see what I am talking about…the subject, the verb and then the object.

The exact same math and grammar can be used in connection with hate. Jesus said to His disciple before His death and departure,  “If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you. Do you remember what I told you? ‘A slave is not greater than the master.’ Since they persecuted Me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to me, they would listen to you. They will do all this to you because of Me, for they have rejected the one who sent Me. {John 15:18-21} Like love, hate must have a source and an object. The devil is the source and anything connected to Christ is the object. So the world system is going to inflict suffering upon all who bear the name of Christ; simply because the world {system} hates Jesus. The world prefers darkness to light because of its evil. Jesus exposed the world of its evil and they hated Him for being the TRUTH. So get use to it, we are loved by heaven and hated by the world.

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Hard to believe it could be August 20th, this month and year have flown by and Labor Day will speed it up even more. I hope you have a great weekend and thanks for reading the blog.

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