God’s Love
Herman Hoeksema expounds on God's love as a divine attribute rooted in God's self-centered holiness, tracing its biblical foundation through Old and New Testament passages and examining Hebrew terminology. The article emphasizes that God's love is supremely revealed in Christ's redemptive work and serves as the source and measure of all true love in believers, making it the greatest Christian virtue.
Herman Hoeksema That the love of God may be considered under the general heading of God’s holiness may easily be recognized. God’s absolute and pure self-centeredness is expressed and manifest especially in His love, for God is love (1 John 4:8). Especially of love it may be said with emphasis that “of Him, and through Him, and to Him are all things” (Rom. 11:36). Herein is love, and herein one may find the very essence of love: not that we love Him, but that He loved us (1 John 4:10). In...