Johann Gerhard has contrasted loving God over against loving created things (Part 1). He has reminded us that created things cannot love us back, but God does (Part 2). And last time Gerhard led us to meditate on God’s love leading us to know Him (Part 3). In today’s part …
Here we continue with Johann Gerhard’s Meditation IX, “Loving God Alone.” In this installment, Gerhard leads us to ponder how God’s love leads us to a saving knowledge of Him and when loving God alone will be perfected. (Listen to Part 1 and Part 2.) Source: Sacred Meditations by Johann …
In his Meditation IX, “Loving God Alone,” Johann Gerhard contrasts loving God with loving created things (Part 1). In today’s installment of that meditation, Gerhard stresses that created things cannot love us back. But God does, because He loves us first. Source: Sacred Meditations by Johann Gerhard, pages 50-51, alt. …
Johann Gerhard begins his Meditation IX–“Loving God Alone”–by declaring, “May love bind thee fast to the Lord.” Here is part one of …
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Our heavenly Father has created us in His image and redeemed us through His Son Jesus. We pray for the human family–that …
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