‘God Allows Severity.’
a) Proverbs 15:10. There is severe discipline for the person who forsakes the Way.
b) Genesis 12:17. The Lord struck Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues.
c) Exodus 1:13. The Egyptians reduced the Israelites to severe slavery.
d) Exodus 9:3; Numbers 11:33. The Lord’s Hand will bring a severe plague.
e) Deuteronomy 28:59. The Lord will bring upon you and your offspring extraordinary afflictions, afflictions severe and lasting.
f) 1 Samuel 5:7. The Lord’s Hand was severe against the people of Ashdod and their god Dagon.
g) 2 Chronicles 21:18. The Lord struck Jehoram with a severe intestinal disease.
h) Jeremiah 10:19. Jeremiah’s wound was severe.
i) Luke 6:19. The Lord’s healing power saved people from severe illnesses.
j) Luke 12:55. Severe heat comes when a South wind blows.
k) Acts 8:1; 2 Corinthians 8:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:6. Severe persecution broke out against the Churches in Jerusalem, Corinth and Thessaloniki.
l) Acts 27:20. The severe storm kept raging.
m) Romans 11:22. God is both kind and severe.
n) 2 Corinthians 7:8. Apostle Paul sent a severe letter.
(Through this QT I understand that God Allows Severity)
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‘Love From God’s Perspective.’
a) 1 Thessalonians 3:12. The Lord can make our Love increase and overflow for each other and everyone else.
b) Philippians 1:9. Our Love might abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight.
c) John 13:34-35. There is a new command. It is that we Love one another as Christ has loved us. If we do this other people will see and know that we are Disciples of Christ.
d) 1 John 4:10. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
(Through this Second one I find Love From God’s Perspective)
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Chris.
The Lord can do many things in our hearts if our hearts and lives are open to Him. One of the most amazing things that He can do is increase our love for one another in the Body of Christ. This will inevitably lead to God being Glorified amongst us.
