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CHARACTERISTICS OF YAHWEH’S KIND OF LOVE (3): IS NOT ENVIOUS

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Monday FEBRUARY 6, 2023

CHARACTERISTICS OF YAHWEH’S KIND OF LOVE (3): IS NOT ENVIOUS

…love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, …
I Corinthians 13:4 (AMP)

First Corinthians 13 offers one of the Bible’s richest expositions regarding love. Verse 4 notes that love “does not envy.” So, selfish jealousy is at odds with Yahweh’s type of love. Some Bible versions rendered ‘love is never envious’ in our text as ‘it is not envious’ (NET), ‘it does not envy’ (NIV), ‘love does not envy’ (NKJV), ‘is not jealous’ (ERV), ‘charity envieth not’ (KJV), etc. The Greek word translated “envy” is ‘zeloo’ which means “to burn with zeal, to have warmth of feeling for or against, to affect, covet (earnestly), (have) desire, (move with) envy, be jealous over, (be) zealous(-ly affect).” Literally, the sense is “to be heated or to boil over with envy, hatred, or anger.” In the context of 1 Corinthians 13, the idea is that love does not focus on personal desires. It is not eager to increase possessions. Yahweh’s type of love is selfless, not selfish. Envy is when you want what someone else has and you resent them for having it. Spurgeon says it this way “There is a spirit, resident in the natural man, the human nature of man, which is always inclined toward hate and envy, always wanting to get somewhat from other men, and always grieved if other men seem to be or to have more than the person himself has.”

CHARACTERISTICS OF YAHWEH’S KIND OF LOVE (1): ENDURES LONG

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Saturday FEBRUARY 4, 2023

CHARACTERISTICS OF YAHWEH’S KIND OF LOVE (1): ENDURES LONG

Love endures with patience and serenity; …
I Corinthians 13:4 [AMP]

Beginning from this day, we shall be discussing the characteristics of the Yahweh-kind of love. These are the manifestations of the Yahweh-kind of love in the Believer. Love is the first fruit of the recreated human spirit. This is because every other fruit is an overflow of love. As wonderful as the gifts of the Spirit are, the Bible teaches that it’s the fruit of the spirit – “love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, [and] temperance” (Galatians 5:22-23) – that indicate a person is walking in the spirit and not the flesh. If you want to know whether you’re a spiritual person or not, look to see if you are walking in love. You simply can’t walk in the spirit or be a spiritual person without being ruled by love. The reason I single out love is because it is the foundation upon which all the other fruit rest. The others flow out of love. To find out just how important love is in the economy of Yahweh, read the first few verses of 1 Corinthians 13, “1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge? and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.” (verses 1-3).

EDEN: THE ENVIRONMENT OF YAHWEH’S PRESENCE

EDEN: THE ENVIRONMENT OF YAHWEH’S PRESENCE #WordForTodayDevotional Thursday September 8, 2022 EDEN: THE ENVIRONMENT OF YAHWEH’S PRESENCE And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.Genesis 2:8 [KJV] Eden in Hebrew means pleasure; delicate, delight. Yahweh planted a garden in Eden and there He …

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PRAISE DEFINED (3)

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Monday September 5, 2022

PRAISE DEFINED (3)

O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.
Psalms 95:6 (KJV)

We shall be concluding our discuss on the seven Hebrew words that define praise. We have seen Towdah, Yadah, Halal, Shabach and Zamar in the preceding days. Let’s continue with the sixth.

6. Barak (Strong’s, H1288; Vine’s, “To Bless”), the sixth dimension of praise, is a primitive root meaning, “to kneel, to bless Yahweh as an act of adoration, to salute.” (Psalms 95:6). This is often the response of the human spirit to the presence of Yahweh during praise and worship. While barak is often translated to “bless,” particularly in the King James Version (see Genesis 9:26; Deuteronomy 1:11; Jer

TRAINING YOUR HUMAN SPIRIT (4): PROMPT OBEDIENCE

#WordForTodayDevotional Thursday December 30, 2021 TRAINING YOUR HUMAN SPIRIT (4): PROMPT OBEDIENCE And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which …

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TRAINING YOUR HUMAN SPIRIT (3): GIVE THE WORD FIRST PLACE

#WordForTodayDevotional Wednesday December 29, 2021 TRAINING YOUR HUMAN SPIRIT (3): GIVE THE WORD FIRST PLACE My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.Proverbs 4:20 (KJV) Train your spirit to give the Word first place in your life. It has to be a conscious effort until it becomes your lifestyle. In every …

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TRAINING YOUR HUMAN SPIRIT (1): BY MEDITATING ON THE WORD

#WordForTodayDevotional Monday December 27, 2021 TRAINING YOUR HUMAN SPIRIT (1): BY MEDITATING ON THE WORD And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.Acts 20:32 [KJV] In the school of …

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JOY TO THE WORLD – MERRY CHRISTMAS

#WordForTodayDevotional Saturday December 25, 2021 JOY TO THE WORLD – MERRY CHRISTMAS And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.Luke 2:10 (KJV) Luke 2:6-7 says, ‘6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished …

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QUALIFICATION TO BE LED (1): BE HIS SON

#WordForTodayDevotional Friday December 17, 2021QUALIFICATION TO BE LED (1): BE HIS SONFor as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.Romans 8:14 (KJV)From today to a couple of days coming, we shall be examining what qualifies one to be led by Yahweh. Does Adonai lead everyone? Are there …

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HOW TO FEED AND EXERCISE YOUR FAITH

#WordForTodayDevotional Monday September13, 2021 HOW TO FEED AND EXERCISE YOUR FAITH So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.Romans 10:17 (KJV) Many people wonder why they are not growing in faith. Many times, it is because they are not feeding on Yahweh’s Word. Faith will grow by feeding it and …

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