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7 wrz 2020 · When it comes to God’s knowledge and love for his creatures, he does not, like Aristotle, place God, the ‘self-thinking thought’, estranged from the world. Rather, from the basis of God being the First Efficient Cause, Aquinas derives and defends God’s knowledge of, and love for, us.
16 sty 2001 · It is the nature of love to transform the lover into the object loved. And so if we love God, we ourselves become divinized; for again, Whoever is joined to God becomes one spirit with him. Augustine adds, “As the soul is the life of the body, so God is the life of the soul.”
23 paź 2023 · God’s love is a one of His foundational attributes (see Psalm 103:8–12; John 3:16; Ephesians 2:4–5; 1 John 4:9–10). God’s love has the power to melt hard hearts and make rebels surrender. It is unlimited, far beyond human comprehension, and serves as a wellspring of all forms of human love.
First, God’s love is transcendent. It is set apart and different from everything we experience in creation. Second, God’s love is pure. His love is absolutely flawless, having no selfishness, wickedness, or sin mixed in with it. God’s love is not ordinary or profane.
3 sie 2024 · in Definitions, Spiritual and Theological Concepts. In the Bible, God’s love is described as unconditional and sacrificial, exemplified through the giving of His Son, Jesus Christ, for the redemption of humanity (John 3:16). It is characterized by compassion, mercy, and a deep desire for a relationship with His creation (1 John 4:9-10).
Love Is therefore possible only between persons, and always presupposes personality. Only as Trinity has God love, absolute love: because as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost he stands in perfect self-lmpartation, self-devotion, and communion with himself." Julius MUller, Doct.
The love of God as manifested in special grace is the love of God as savior, which consists of redemption, the efficacy of regenerating grace, and the irrevocable possession of eternal life. It is a discriminate and particular love that leads him to bestow the grace of eternal life in Christ.
