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“God is Love.” (1John 4:8) Jesus is also love. All of the wonderful qualities of Jesus’ character equal one of the most beautiful of God’s attributes — LOVE. Children should be instructed to write between the spokes of the wheel the many character attributes of Christ. Help them to support these attributes with a Scripture. One example is given in the pdf file illustration supplied.
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Click the Picture to the left for a pdf file of the illustration and list of examples shown here. Patient — Isaiah 53:7 Kind — Matthew 20:13-17 Zealous — John 18:37 Gracious — Luke 4:22 Just — Luke 6:41-42 Selfless — Matthew 12:15 Sympathetic — John 11:35 Merciful — Hebrews 2:17
Righteous and Separate from Sinners — Hebrews 7:26 Holy, Pure and Perfect — Hebrews 7:26 Harmless and Did Not Hurt Anyone — John 18:10, 11 Charitible — Matthew 11:28 Honest and Truthful — John 8:13-14 Peaceful — John 14:27 Generous — John 8:4-7 Wise (Intelligent) — Matthew 22:21 Tenderhearted & Sensitive — Hebrews 4:15 Faithful — Isaiah 53:10-12 Sacrificing — Isaiah 53:4, 5 Obedient — Hebrews 5:8 Loyal — Matthew 26:39 Joyful — Hebrews 12:2 Longsuffering — John 21:15-18 Compassionate — Matthew 9:36 Excellent Teacher and Shepherd — John 10:11 All of These Qualities Equal LOVE !
Concepts in the following reference are also good to review with the children — adapt this in your own words for each age level. — Reprint Reference 5124 — IN THE SCRIPTURES the word love is used to express the complete whole of the grand and glorious qualities which make up the perfection of Jehovah. God is the personification of Love. To whatever extent any one possesses this quality of Love to that extent he has character-likeness to God. Whoever is fully in God’s likeness may be said to be Love; for Love is the great principle which represents most fully the Divine character. “God is Love,” our Lord Jesus is Love... The hope of attaining the likeness of the Divine character is the great ambition which inspires us to faithfulness of endeavor... The Christian’s experience is a continual schooling. Daily we are learning more and more about ourselves and about the Wisdom and Justice of God. As we learn these lessons day by day, we are learning more to reprobate and correct in ourselves. In thus discovering our own imperfections, we should learn, as a matter of course, not to expect perfection in others; and we should give them credit for doing their best to exemplify the highest ideals...