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  GOD IS LOVE!
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: God's nature is characterized by perfect peace, joy, and
freedom from disquiet, making everything rejoice in itself.

Topics: "Divine Love", "Redemption"
Scripture References: Romans 5:5, 1 Corinthians 13:4, 1 John 4:8, 1 John 4:16

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Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the transformative power of divine
love, emphasizing that God is love and those who do not love do not know
God. She highlights that divine love brings perfect peace, joy,
contentment, and happiness, making everything rejoice in itself. Love is
described as the Christ of God, bringing blessings, happiness,
redemption from evil, fulfillment of righteousness, and a peace that
surpasses all understanding. Tileston explains that when governed by
love, all unrest, dissatisfaction, and restlessness are overcome, just
as darkness is dispelled by light.

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Mercy unto you, and peace, and love be multiplied.

JUDE 2

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

1 JOHN 4:8

HE rests in God and He in him,

Who still abides in love;

In love the saints and seraphim

Obey and praise above;

For God is love; the loveless heart

Hath in His life and joy no part.

C.F. GELLERT

DIVINE love is perfect peace and joy, it is a freedom from all disquiet,
it is all content and happiness; and makes everything to rejoice in
itself. Love is the Christ of God; wherever it comes, it comes as the
blessing and happiness of every natural life, a redeemer from all evil,
a fulfiller of all righteousness, and a peace of God, which passeth all
understanding. Through all the universe of things, nothing is uneasy,
unsatisfied, or restless, but because it is not governed by love, or
because its nature has not reached or attained the full birth of the
spirit of love. For when that is done, every hunger is satisfied, and
all complaining, murmuring, accusing, resenting, revenging, and
striving, are as totally suppressed and overcome, as the coldness,
thickness, and horror of darkness are suppressed and overcome by the
breaking forth of the light.

WILLIAM LAW

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/mary-wilder-tileston/god-is-love/
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