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| God is Holy and he is also Love
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| <ref>{{bgw| Le 20:7 }} Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I [am] the LORD your God.</ref>.
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| <ref>{{bgw| 1Jo 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.</ref>
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| Holiness is expressed by separation, the law, and judgement. His love is expressed by patience, long-suffering, and self-sacrifice
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| <ref>{{bgw| 1Co 13:4 Charity [love] suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,</ref>
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| Judgement in the Old Testament was required to teach that he is holy. Now through the 'play' which was finished on the cross, His holiness is understood. When his holiness is learned through the cross, God is free to teach of his love.
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| Consider when Elisha removed an ax head from the stream
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| <ref>[[2Ki 6:6]] And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast [it] in thither; and the iron did swim.</ref>:
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| With an ax as a symbol of judgement
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| <ref group="s">{{sy| ax }}</ref>,
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| and the water a symbol of his word
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| <ref>{{sy| water}}</ref>,
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| he removed judgement from the Word.
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| <ref group="n">The same story is told when Jesus turned water; the word, into wine; a symbol of grace.</ref>
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| The coney-like teacher hides the treasure, or message of love, and only presents the teeth; the law. He uses the Bible to threaten people with the anger of God
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| <ref group="n">How did Jesus threaten people with the wrath of God? Did he sin in doing so? Why not?</ref>.
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