The Power of God: A Dialogue on Love, Knowledge, and Faith
Introduction
In this thought-provoking dialogue, a diverse group of believers from different religious backgrounds explores the fundamental question: “What is the power of God?” Through personal testimonies, scriptural insights, and philosophical reflection, they gradually come to understand that divine love forms both the source and expression of God’s power.
The Source of God’s Power
The conversation begins with Leonard posing the essential question: “What is the power of God? Where does he derive his power from?” This leads to an examination of the two great commandments—to love God and to love one’s neighbor—suggesting that love itself might be the foundation of divine power.
Charlie shares a transformative experience from his youth when, while contemplating “the pure love of Christ,” he was granted a temporary spiritual vision allowing him to see the divine essence within everyone he encountered:
“I could see inside them… There’s a spiritual core. And it’s visual, but there’s no earthly language that I can use to convey it… The thing about this core was that it was astonishingly beautiful. And it obviously had God’s fingerprints all over it, and it was so beautiful, you couldn’t help but love that person.”
This extraordinary testimony suggests that love and knowledge are intimately connected—we love best what we truly know.
The Physics of Love
Thomas, drawing from his “Conscious Point Physics Model,” proposes that energy can be understood as ordered patterns within an otherwise chaotic universe. He suggests that love might similarly be understood as the perfect ordering of life according to God’s design:
“The energy of love would be the perfect order of love. And the power of love would be the amount of order that it causes change in over time… If you could in some way order life based on the pattern of perfect love, that would be the power of love.”
This metaphorical framework helps bridge spiritual concepts with physical reality, suggesting that love is not merely an emotion but a transformative force capable of restructuring reality.
The Origin of Evil and Freedom
The discussion explores the biblical narrative of creation and fall, examining how free will introduced the possibility of actions contrary to love. Before this point, everything was “perfect love” until humans rebelled and chose differently.
Susan offers an important perspective on Satan’s rebellion: “Satan was obedient to God until he rebelled, so he was full of love, I assume, until he rebelled, until he acted on whatever thoughts he might have had that were contrary to what God wanted.”
Armond notes the paradox that God Himself created the opportunity for disobedience in Eden: “He could have just left it, ‘Hey, eat up every tree. Have it all.’ But he put an option there.” This leads to reflection on the connection between love, knowledge, and wisdom.
Knowledge, Wisdom, and Love
The group examines the paradoxical relationship between knowledge and love. While knowledge without wisdom can lead to destruction, love without knowledge is incomplete. As Charlie observes, our capacity for love deepens with life experience and understanding.
Susan suggests that God wanted to give knowledge to humanity, “but it had to be with wisdom, and he knew that they didn’t have wisdom.” This highlights that true love involves not just emotion but discernment.
The Bible as Foundation
The conversation concludes by affirming the Bible as the foundational standard for understanding true love, while acknowledging that God continues to speak beyond its pages. As Armond explains using a metaphor about energy sources:
“If you can digest and use the sun as a source of energy, you’re getting primary, uncut energy… Why not just go straight to the Bible and get it straight from the sun, get it straight from the source?”
Susan shares how reading the Bible with an open heart has transformed her understanding: “Sometimes I’ll be reading, and I feel like God just opened my eyes to something. It’s amazing.”
Conclusion: The Circular Nature of Love
The dialogue comes full circle with Susan quoting 1 John 4:19: “We love him because he first loved us.” This captures the essence of the conversation—God’s love precedes and enables our own. Our capacity to love others flows from having first been loved by God.
As Thomas reflects: “He loved me first… I was just really asking hard, ‘What is truth?’ And I was given it… I understood the sequence, and it became clear.”
The power of God, then, appears to be love itself—a love that initiated creation, redeems through sacrifice, and transforms those who receive it into channels of that same divine love to others.
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