Love = God

In church today, Pastor Liga had us do an exercise that made an impact on me. It is a short easy exercise. I would like to share it with you. We know that the Bible says God is love.  1 John 4:7,9 (NLT) "Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love."

God = Love

In algebra we have the rule of symmetry: If  a  =  b,  then  b  =  a. So if God = Love, then Love = God.

In the exercise Pastor Liga had us turn to 1 Corinthians chapter 13 and read verses 4-7.   "Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance."

Now since Love = God, we were to replace love in the passage with God.  It read like this.

God is patient and kind. God is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. He does not demand His own way. He is not irritable, and He keeps no record of being wronged. God does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. God never gives up, He never loses faith, He is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

What a beautiful picture of God.  I hope that it makes an impact on you like it did me.