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[jamesonofthunder]

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I have been shown that He loved us while we were still His enemy. He draws us to Him by HIS love. We have no such thing as love until He saves us through repentance, which is mainly inspired by a desire to be forgiven so we wont go to hell. THEN we love.

While you certainly do sound like a prophet - I respectfully have to disagree.

Scripture tells us that because He first loved us - I will love Him.

1 John 4:1 "We love him, because he first loved us."

"Supreme love for God and unselfish love for one another—this is the best gift that our heavenly Father can bestow. This love is not an impulse, but a divine principle, a permanent power. The unconsecrated heart cannot originate or produce it. Only in the heart where Jesus reigns is it found. “We love Him, because He first loved us.” {AA 551.2}

[Woody]

I prefer reading it from scripture rather than EGW - but either way.

[jamesonofthunder]

I prefer reading it from scripture rather than EGW - but either way.

But did you see that we cannot originate or produce this love and it is a gift from God? After we repent then we receive the true gift of love.

[Woody]

Originally Posted By: Woody

I prefer reading it from scripture rather than EGW - but either way.

But did you see that we cannot originate or produce this love and it is a gift from God? After we repent then we receive the true gift of love.

I agree with the quote. But I don't agree with your interpretation. Without His Love there is no repentance.

His love draws us to repentance.

[jamesonofthunder]

Agreed, but it is still His love that draws us to repentance first, then we receive the gift of love. I think if you pray on this you'll see we aren't that far off in interpretation here and it's more a difference in semantics.