"The Greatest of These is..."

[prism]

Hi Prism ~

Briefly;
First sort out what is LOVE and what is TRUTH, regarding a natural man.

From what is LOVE and what is TRUTH, regarding thee Lord God.

IMO ~
LOVE regarding a man...is an EMOTION.

TRUTH regarding a man...is absolute KNOWLEDGE "that is IN his "natural spirit", in his "heart".

TRUTH regarding a man...."CAN /MAY" also be KKNOWLEDGE "that is IN his "natural Mind".

A mans thoughts....in his mind, in his heart, ARE the mans "natural truths".

A mans Dilemma to OVERCOME...IS;

1) like a "CONFLICt" "within himself" meaning...his heart will KNOW his truth, BUT...his MIND can/will/does offten CONCOCT
Lies and Deceit....and speak those lies, Act on those lies....EVEN WHEN, his heart KNOWS the truth.

2) Learnin and Knowing Gods TRUTH, trusting it, relying on it, Acting on it....IN his Heart "AND" his Mind.

These things CAN NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED "IN a MAN"... solely BY THE MANS own power.
(Ie strength, fortitude, desires, will, etc.).

Thee Lord God, on the other hand, IS ALWAYS in harmony, with His Mind and Heart's Thoughts. His TRUTH is absolute, never wavering, and ALWAYS constant between His Heart and Mind.

God "Creates" Us....Christ "MAKES" us.
For Christ to "MAKE" us...
He Offers something to us...
When We ACCEPT His Offer...
His "MAKING" us can commence.

He has OFFERED, to "MAKE" us Forgiven, Free from Sin, Our Bodies dead with Him, Washed with His Blood, Sanctified, Justified, our Sins Covered with His Light, Our Souls Restored,Kept with Him, ....
AND...
Given us His POWER, to CUT off OUR OLD heart, (circumcised), Give us A NEW Heart...
Give us His SEED in our NEW HEART...
And FROM THAT SEED...GROWS bit by bit...HIS TRUTH, which BECOMES "our" NEW SPIRIT...our Born Again Spirit...

OF a Perfect Seed (which by the way that Seed "IS" Christ)...
In a Perfect Vessel (new heart)
Growing the Perfect TRUTH "according to God".

And OUR JOB?
Listen to that perfect TRUTH....and Supersede
Our natural minds thoughts, with the Perfect Truth in our new spirit in our new hearts.

IOW, OUR JOB is to SUBDUE /OVERCOME our Natural mind, and "MAKE" it subjected to our new spirits thoughts.

And IFY...^^ that is ongoing during a mans natural life time....And called, "Having a Mind Like Christ".

We KNOW how humans have relationships with other humans....
Gushy love, emotions, sometimes from the heart, sometimes only from the mind based on superficial worldly things....
It can easily be wishy washy...crazy love today, vindictative hate tomorrow...
It is a relationship....that two "HUMANS" are trying to "MAKE", based on their own individual efforts, trying to be "JOINED" in one "Harmonious" agreement.

A mans Relationship...with the Lord, first requires the individual mans Agreement...
TO Believe IN and Trust IN the Lord....
THAT "He" is in harmony with His OWN thoughts, words, will, etc.

AND that the individual man, Trusts to Believe thee Lord can "MAKE" the man Forever in harmony with the mans thoughts, (spirit and mind) WILL ALSO be IN Harmony with the Lords absolute TRUTH.

God IS Love, and HAS Love for all of His creations...It is His Desire that all of His creations Love Him, and Desire to Forever BE WITH HIM...and He Provides a WAY for every man to have the opportunity to BE "MADE", in the Lords LIKENESS...
Glorified body, Restored soul, Quickened spirit.....

God Does NOT FORCE a man to CHOOSE HIM...God Provide the Way and Means.

Thee Lord God IS Gods Absolute TRUTH, and THROUGH "Gods TRUTH", is HOW a man Becomes ACCEPTABLE to BECOME, "MADE" ACCPTABLE to Forever BE WITH God Forever.

The Relationship of Love in regard to TRUTH...depends on if you are Speaking ...
"Naturally" according to a natural man, as explained above.
OR
The Relationship of Gods Absolute LOVE in regard to Gods absolute TRUTH that HE "IS", LOVE, and "IS" TRUTH,
and Offers forward to mankind, and individual men WILLING, by their own freewill, to Accept Gods Offering, To be "MADE" in Gods Likeness.
Constant (without wavering) Love, Truth, Trust, Belief, Faith-FULLNESS, becomes "MADE" (ie accomplished) IN a (willing man),
EXPRESSLY, by the man (inviting, allowing, soliciting, requesting)...thee Lord God, BY, His Absolute "POWER" (Spirit), TO "MAKE" the man Acceptable TO God.


Glory to God,
Taken

Hi Taken, you haven 'taken' a lot of words to express something. Can you summarize in about three or four sentences?

 

[prism]

Yes, for a day is coming when faith will give way to sight, hope will give way to reality....but love continues on and on and on......

And comparing 'love' with 'truth'?...since they both continue on and on.