7. God is LOVE!!

 ”This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” (1 John 4:10, NIV)

(a) LOVE OF GOD

Deut. 4:37; 7:7,8,13; 9:29; 10:15,18; 23:5; 33:3,12;

2 Sam. 12:24; 1 Ki. 8:51-53; Neh. 13:26; Job 7:17;

Psa. 42:8; 47:4; 63:3; 78:61-68; 89:33; 103:13; 146:8;

Prov. 15:9; Isa. 38:17; 43:4; Jer. 31:3; Hos. 11:1; Zep. 3:17; Mal. 1:2;

John 3:16; 5:20; 14:21,23; 16:27; 17:10,23,26;

Rom. 1:7; 5:8; 9:13; 11:28; 2 Cor. 9:7; 13:11-14; Eph. 2:4,5; 2 Th. 2:16; Tit. 3:4,5;

Heb. 12:6; 1 John 3:1; 4:8-19; Jude 1:21; Rev. 3:12; 14:1

(b) LOVE OF GOD, EXEMPLIFIED

Gen. 17:7; 46:3; Exo. 3:6; 6:7; 19:4-6; 29:45,46;

Lev. 11:44,45; 20:24,26; 22:32,33; 25:23,38,42,55; 26:12;

Num. 15:41; Deut. 4:20,34,37; 7:6-13; 9:29; 10:15; 14:2; 23:5; 26:18,19; 27:9; 28:9,10; 32:10-12; 33:3,12;

2 Sam. 7:23,24; 12:24; 1 Ki. 8:51-53; Neh. 13:26;

Psa. 4:3; 31:19,21; 42:8; 47:4; 48:9,14; 50:5,7; 63:3; 73:1; 74:2; 78:61-68; 79:13; 81:13; 89:33; 90:1; 95:7; 100:3; 103:4; 105:6; 114:2; 135:4; 148:14;

Prov. 11:20; 15:9;

Isa. 5:7; 41:8-10; 43:1-7; 44:1,2,21,22; 48:12; 49:13-17; 51:16; 54:5,6,10; 62:4,5; 63:7-9; 64:4; 65:19; 66:13;

Jer. 3:14,15; 10:16; 12:7; 13:11; 15:16; 30:22; 31:3,14,32; 32:41; 51:19;

Eze. 16:1-14; 34:31; 37:27; Hos. 2:19,20,23; 9:10; 11:1,3,4;

Zep. 3:17; Hag. 2:23; Zec. 1:14; 2:8; 8:8; 13:9; Mal. 1:2,3; 3:16,17;

Mat. 18:11-14; Luke 15:4-27; John 14:21,23; 16:27; 17:10,23,26;

Rom. 1:7; 5:8; 8:31,32,39; 11:28;

1 Cor. 2:9; 6:19,20; 7:23; 2 Cor. 5:18-21; 6:16; 13:14; Eph. 1:3-6; Col. 3:12; Heb. 11:16; James 1:18; 1 Pet. 2:10

(c) FAITHFULNESS OF GOD

Gen. 6:18; 9:15,16; 21:1; 24:27; 28:15; 32:10;

Exo. 2:24; 6:4,5; 12:41; 34:6; Lev. 26:44,45;

Deut. 4:31; 7:8,9; 9:5; 31:6; 32:4; Josh. 21:45; 23:14; Judg. 2:1; 1

Sam. 12:22; 2 Sam. 7:14,15,28; 22:31; 23:5; 1 Ki. 8:15,20,23,24,56; 2 Ki. 8:19; 13:23; 1 Chr. 17:27; 28:20; 2 Chr. 6:4-15; 21:7; Ezra 9:9; Neh. 1:5; 9:7,8,32;

Psa. 9:10; 18:30; 19:9; 25:10; 31:5; 33:4; 36:5; 37:28; 40:10; 89; 92:1,2,14; 94:14; 98:3; 100:5; 103:17; 105:8,42; 111:5-9; 117:2; 119:65,89,90; 121:3,4; 132:11; 138:2; 146:6;

Isa. 11:5; 25:1; 42:16; 44:21; 49:7,16; 51:6,8; 54:9,10; 65:16;

Jer. 29:10; 31:36,37; 32:40; 33:14-26; 51:5; Lam. 3:23;

Eze. 16:60,62; Dan. 9:4; Hos. 2:19,20; Mic. 7:20; Hag. 2:5; Zec. 9:11;

Mat. 24:34,35; Luk. 1:54-73; John 8:26; Acts 13:32,33;

Rom. 3:3,4; 11:1,2,29; 15:8; 1 Cor. 1:9; 10:13; 2 Cor. 1:20;

1 Th. 5:24; 2 Tim. 2:13,19; Tit. 1:2; Heb. 6:10-19; 10:23,37;

1 Pet. 4:19; 2 Pet. 3:9; 1 John 1:9; Rev. 6:10; 15:3.

(d) FATHERHOOD OF GOD

Deut. 14:2; 2 Sam. 7:14; 1 Chr. 28:6; 29:10;

Psa. 68:5; 89:26; Isa. 9:6; 43:1; 63:16; 64:8; Jer. 3:19; Eze. 16:8; Hos. 1:10; 11:1;

Mat. 5:45; 6:4-9; 7:11; 10:20,29-33; 12:50; 13:43; 15:13; 16:17,27; 18:10,14,19; Mark 11:25,26; Luke 8:21; 10:21,22; 11:2,13;

John 1:12,14,18; 4:21,23; 5:17-43; 6:27,32,44-46; 8:19,27,38,41,42,49; 10:15,29-38; 12:26; 14:2-31; 15:8-26; 16:3,10,15,23-28; 20:17,21;

Acts 1:4; 2:33; Rom. 1:3,4,7; 8:15,17; 1 Cor. 1:3; 8:6; 15:24; 2 Cor. 1:3; 6:18;

Gal.1:1,3,4; 3:26; 4:4-7; Eph. 1:2,3,5,17; 2:18; 3:14; 4:6; 5:20; 6:23;

Phil. 1:2; Col. 1:2,3,12; 2:2; 3:17; 1 Th. 1:1,3; 3:11,13; 2 Th. 1:1,2; 2:16; Tit. 1:4;

Heb. 1:5,6; 12:9; Jam. 1:17,27; 3:9; 1 Pet. 1:2,3,17; 1 John 1:2; 2:1,13-24; 3:1; 4:14; 2 John 1:3,4,9; Jude 1:1;

Rev. 1:5,6; 3:5; 14:1.

(e) FORGIVENESS OF GOD

Exo. 34:6,7; Lev. 5:10; Num. 14:18; 15:25; 2 Sam. 12:13;

1 Ki.8:22-50; 2 Chr.7:14;

Psa. 19:12; 25:7,11,18; 32:1-5; 51:9; 65:3; 78:38; 79:9; 85:2,3; 99:8; 103:3,12; 130:4;

Isa. 1:18; 6:6,7; 43:25,26; 44:21,22; 55:6,7;

Jer. 5:1,7; 31:34; 33:8; Eze. 18:21,22; 33:14-16;

Mat. 6:12-15; 9:2,6; 12:31,32; 18:23-35; 26:28; Mark 2:5-7; 3:28; Luke 5:21-24; 12:10; 24:47; John 8:11; 20:23;

Acts 2:38; 5:31; 10:43; 13:38,39; 26:16-18;

Rom. 4:7,8; Eph. 1:7; 4:32; Col. 2:13; 3:13; Heb. 8:12; 9:22; 10:2,17,18;

Jam. 5:15; 1 John 1:7-9; 2:1,2,12; 5:16;

Rev. 1:5.

(f) GRACE OF GOD

Gen. 4:4; 6:8,9; 18:28,30,32; 32:28; 39:21; 46:4;

Exo. 2:25; 3:12; 20:21,24; 24:2; 33:11,12,17,22,23;

Lev. 26:11,12; Num. 5:3; 6:27; 14:14; 22:12; 23:20,21; 24:1; Deut. 4:7; 31:6,8; 33:23; Josh. 1:5,9;

1 Sam. 2:26; 2 Sam. 22:20; 1 Ki. 6:13; 2 Ki. 13:23; 2 Chr. 15:2; Neh.9:17; Job 10:12; 22:27; 29:3-5; 33:26;

Psa. 3:8; 5:12; 11:7; 18:19,25,26; 24:4,5; 25:14; 30:7; 36:9; 37:18,23; 41:11,12; 44:3; 46:7; 58:11; 68:16,18; 75:10; 84:11; 89:17; 92:10; 94:19; 102:13; 112:9; 115:12,13,15; 132:13,14; 147:11; 149:4;

Prov. 3:4,23,32,35; 8:35; 10:6,22,24; 11:20,27; 12:2; 14:9; 16:7; 18:22;

Isa. 28:5; 30:18,26; 33:17,21,22; 41:10; 43:5; 54:8; 60:10; 62:4; 65:19;

Jer. 15:20; 32:41; Lam. 3:24;

Eze. 37:27; 39:29; 48:35; Hos. 1:10; 14:4; Joel 2:26,27; 3:16-21;

Amos 3:2; 5:15; Zep. 3:15,17; Hag. 1:13; Zec. 2:5; 8:3; 9:16;

Luke 1:28,30,66; 2:52; John 14:16-23; 15:15;

Acts 4:33; 7:46; 10:35; 11:23; 13:43;

Rom. 2:4,29; 3:24; 4:16; 5:2;

1 Cor. 1:9; 3:10,21-23; 15:10; 2 Cor. 1:12; 4:15; 6:1; 10:18; Gal. 2:21; 4:6;

Eph. 1:6,7; 2:7,13-22; 3:7,12; Phil. 4:19; 1 Tim. 1:14; Tit. 3:6;

Heb. 2:9; 4:16; 10:19,22; 11:5;

Ja. 4:6; 1 Pet. 2:9; 4:10; 5:5; 1 John 1:3; 3:19; 4:17,18;

Rev. 1:5,6; 3:20; 19:9; 21:3.

Instances of special grace:
To Enoch: Gen. 5:24
To Noah: Gen. 6:8
To Abraham: Gen. 12:2
To Jacob: Gen. 32:28; 46:4
To Moses: Exo. 3:12; 33:12,14
To Solomon: 1 Chr. 22:18

(g) LONGSUFFERING OF GOD

Gen. 6:3; 15:16; Exo. 34:6,7; Num. 14:18;

1 Ki. 11:12; 21:29; 2 Ki. 13:23; Neh. 9:17;

Psa. 86:15; 89:33; 103:8-10; Ecc. 8:11;

Isa. 5:1-4; 30:18; 42:14; 48:9-11; Jer. 7:13,23-25; 11:7; 15:15;

Eze. 20:17; Joel 2:13; Hab. 1:2-4;

Mat. 19:8; 21:33-41; 23:37; Mark 12:1-9; Luke 13:6-9,34; 20:9-16; Acts 14:16; 17:30;

Rom. 2:4; 3:25; 9:22,23; 15:5; 1 Pet. 3:20; 2 Pet. 3:9,15;

Rev. 2:21,22

(h) MERCY OF GOD

Gen. 8:21; 18:26-32; 19:16; 39:21;

Exo. 2:24,25; 15:13; 20:2,6,22; 22:27; 25:17; 32:14,34; 33:19; 34:6,7; Lev. 26:40-45; Num. 14:18-20; 16:48; 21:8; Deut. 4:31; 5:10,29; 7:9; 21:8; 32:36,43;

Judg. 2:18; 3:9,15; 10:16;

2 Sam. 12:13; 14:14; 22:26; 24:14,16;

1 Ki. 8:23,30; 11:39; 2 Ki. 13:23; 14:26,27;

1 Chr. 16:34; 2 Chr. 5:13; 7:3,6,14; 24:19; 30:9; 36:15;

Ezra 9:7-14; Neh. 1:10; 9:17-20,27-31;

Job 11:6; 23:2-6,12; 33:14-30;

Psa. 6:2; 18:50; 25:6,8; 27:7; 30:5; 31:7; 32:1,2,5; 36:5; 50:21; 51:1; 57:10; 62:12; 65:3; 69:16; 78:4-72; 80:1; 85:2,3,7,10; 86:5,13,15; 89:2,14,28; 99:8; 100:5; 103:3-4,8-14,17; 106:1,43-46; 107:1; 108:4; 111:4; 116:5; 117:2; 118:1-4,29; 119:64,77,156; 123:3; 130:3,4,7,8; 135:14; 136:3-26; 138:2; 145:8,9; 146:7,8; Prov. 16:6; 28:13; Isa. 1:5,18; 6:7; 12:1; 17:6; 24:13; 54:7-9; 55:7-9; 57:11,15-19; 60:10; 65:2,8; Jer. 2:9; 3:1-22; 4:27; 5:10; 7:25; 9:24; 29:11; 30:11; 31:20,34,37; 32:18; 33:8,11; 36:3,6,7; 46:28; 50:20; 51:5;

Lam. 3:22,23,31-33;

Eze. 14:22;16:6,42,63; 18:23,31,32; 20:11-44; 33:11; 36:25;

Dan. 4:22-27; 9:4,9,16; Hos. 2:14-23; 11:8,9; 14:1-8; Joel 2:13,18; 3:21; Amos 7:3; Jonah 4:2,10,11; Mic. 7:18,19; Nah. 1:3; Zep. 2:7; Hab. 3:2; Zec. 1:16,17; 3:9; 10:6; Mal. 3:6;

Mat. 6:14; 18:11-14, 23-27; Luke 1:50,77,78; 6:36; 15:4-7; 18:13; Acts 3:19; 17:30; 26:18; Rom. 9:15,18; 10:12,13; 11:30,32; 15:9;

1 Cor. 15:10; 2 Cor. 1:3; 4:15; 12:9; Eph. 1:6-8; 2:4-7; 1 Tim. 1:13; Tit. 3:5; Heb. 4:16; 8:12; James 2:13; 4:8; 5:11,15; 1 Pet. 1:3; 2:10; 5:10; 2 Pet. 3:9,15; 1 John 1:9; Rev. 2:21

(i) LOVING-KINDNESS OF GOD

Gen. 24:27; 32:10; 39:21; Exo. 15:13; 20:6; 34:6-7; Num. 14:18-19; Deut. 5:10; 7:9,12;

Ruth 1:8; 2:20; 1 Sam. 20:14; 2 Sam. 2:6; 7:15; 22:51;

1 Ki. 8:23; 1 Chr. 16:34,41; 17:13; 2 Chr. 1:8; 5:13; 6:14; 7:3,6; 20:21;

Ezra 3:11; 7:28; 9:9; Neh. 1:5; 9:17,32; 13:22; Job 10:12; 37:13;

Psa. 5:7; 6:4; 13:5; 17:7; 18:50; 21:7; 25:6,7,10; 26:3; 31:7,16,21; 32:10; 33:5,18,22; 36:5,7,10; 40:10,11; 42:8; 44:26; 48:9; 51:1; 52:1,8; 57:3,10; 59:10,16,17; 61:7; 62:12; 63:3; 66:20; 69:13,16; 77:8; 85:7,10; 86:5,13,15; 88:11; 89:1,2,14,24,28,33,49; 90:14; 92:2; 94:18; 98:3; 100:5; 101:1; 103:4,8,11,17; 106:1,7,45; 107:1,8,15,21,31,43; 108:4; 109:21,26; 115:1; 117:2; 118:1-4,29; 119:41,64,76,88,124,149,159; 130:7; 136:1-26; 138:2,8; 141:5; 143:8,12; 144:2; 145:8; 147:11;

Isa. 16:5; 54:8,10; 63:7;

Jer. 9:24; 16:5; 31:3; 32:18; 33:11; Lam. 3:22,32; Dan. 9:4;

Hos. 2:19; Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2; Mic. 7:20.

(j) COMPASSION OF GOD

Ex. 3:7; 34:6; Deut. 30:3; 32:36; Judg. 2:18;

2 Chr. 36:15; Neh. 9:31;

Psa. 78:38; 86:15; 103:8,13; 111:4; 145:8;

Isa. 30:18; Jer. 12:15; Lam. 3:22-23,32; Eze. 39:25;

Hos. 11:4,8; Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:11; Mic. 7:19;

Mat. 9:36; 14:14; 15:32; 20:34; Mark 1:41; 6:34; 8:2; Luke 7:13; James 5:11.