"You loved Me before the Creation of the World."--- --- ---WHEN JESUS prays to His Father in John 17, He says, "Father,...you loved Me before the creation of the World." (V.24) This is God as revealed to us by Jesus: Before the world was ever created, God was a trinity (God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit)--all loving each other and being loved. When Jesus was baptized, God sent His Holy Spirit in the form of a dove and said, "This is my Son, whom I love" (Matthew 3:17). The most foundational aspect of God's identity is this outgoing, life-giving love.
What a lovely and encouraging truth this is about our God! The mutual, outgoing love expressed by each member of the Trinity--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit--is key to understanding the nature of God. What was God doing before the beginning of time? What He always does. He was loving because He is love (1 JOHN 4 verse 8.) ~~
--WE ARE CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF A GOD WHO IS LOVING AND RELATIONAL.~~
--ODB/AP--/JESUS IS THE LION AND THE LAMB. Sung by: Big Daddy Weave ~~
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Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]
