The Attributes of God: The Love of God, Part 3

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d. . “Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, ; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be , whereof all are partakers, then are ye , and not . Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be , and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he , that we might be . Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the unto them which are exercised thereby” (). Remember, the chastening of the Lord is for our — for our . We need chastisement; it is a must in the life of the Christian; and we receive it from our Father in Heaven.

e. . The question is asked and answered in the Word concerning the care of parents. Is there a love greater than mother love? Listen to what God says: “Can a woman forget , that she should not have on ?” Is it possible that a mother could ever leave her child? The answer is, “Yea, they may forget.” In our own lifetime we have witnessed the desertion of children by their parents. It is a shame that the United States and the separate States have to have laws which compel parents to take care of their children. However, this is the ; this is the , the sinful nature, that . You may know someone who has. You, yourself, may have been deserted by some one. But listen to the rest of God’s Word: “Yet will ” (). There is One who will never desert His children!

f. . This great story is found in . It is the story of a Son, not a sinner. A sinner is not a son. Only a son is a son, and you cannot un-son a son. A son is . But here was a son who sank so low that the testimony he might have had was lost. Remember, he was still a son, and as much so while feeding swine as he was in his Father’s house. was still there, but was broken. You can lose fellowship, but you cannot lose . He made up his mind what he would say to his father upon his return, but he did not get the chance. He did say, “I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am ”; but before he could add, “Make me as one of thy hired servants,” the Father, holding his son in his arms, cried to the servants, “Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he , and ” (Luke 15:21-24).

Let the prodigal know that if he has been once born from above he is still God’s child. Only let him resolve to “arise and go” to his Father. The Father stands with open arms ready to plant His kiss upon the penitent lips of His wayward child. “Arise and go!”


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