The Love of Love

Sunday. 1 John 3:1-6.

The Father’s love is the real beginning of the Christian life. That love was so real that it gave the Only Begotten to make a way back for us to the old home. He never forces anyone. He wants our free choice freely given. That’s the love of his love for us. But he does kindle the subtle, soft-burning fires of his love until we are mellowed and melted, and want to come back.

Open in the reader The Bent-Knee Time

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