Quotes about Divine Love
For Jesus what is at stake is not the exhibition and realization of new ethical ideals, and not some kind of goodness of his own, but solely God's love for human beings. Therefore, he can enter into their guilt; he can let himself be burdened with their guilt.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Death cannot keep back love; love is stronger than death. The meaning of Good Friday and Easter Sunday is that God's path to human beings leads back to God.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
By a true religion or a true spirituality I mean one that is anchored in a vital faith in the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Cor 1:3) and leads us into a caring concern for the welfare of our neighbor, even above the perfecting of our own souls. The focus of true spirituality is on God's holy love, not on humanity's spiritual fulfillment.
— Donald Bloesch
God in His love always wills what is best for us. In His wisdom He always knows what is best, and in His sovereignty He has the power to bring it about.
— Jerry Bridges
Grace is not a matter of God's making up the difference, but of God's providing all the "cost" of salvation through His Son, Jesus Christ.
— Jerry Bridges
God is perfect in love.
— Jerry Bridges
God's love always transcends human love, even human family love, in its ability to reach out to those in need.
— Jerry Bridges
God's unfailing love for us is an objective fact affirmed over and over in the Scriptures. It is true whether we believe it or not. Our doubts do not destroy God's love, nor does our faith create it.
— Jerry Bridges
The God takes care for drunks
— Ernest Hemingway
The great thing in prayer is to feel that we are putting our supplications into the bosom of omnipotent love.
— Andrew Murray
Prior to an individual's encounter with the love of God at a particular time in history, however, there has to be another, more fundamental and archetypal encounter, which belongs to the conditions of possibility of the appearance of divine love to man.
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
There was never any doubt of Christ's priorities.
— Joseph Wirthlin