The love by which God exercises his steadfast mercy and loyalty to us is so clearly demonstrated.

The essence of Hasid is found on the cross when Christ purchases us from slavery.

Adultery is such a grievous sin because it can divide marriages, destroy families, and its discovery reveals the betrayal of unfaithfulness.

And even though we may not have experienced the consequences of someone breaking the Seventh Commandment in our families,

most of us have felt the sting of betrayal to one degree or another.

And it's against the backdrop of this fallen and sinful world that we see the faithful, loyal, loving kindness of God shine so bright. I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and this is the

Wednesday edition of Renewing Your Mind. As Valentine's Day is approaching, many people are preparing

to declare or reaffirm their love for each other, and in seasons like this, it seems fitting to

pause and to consider the love of God.

And in particular today, R.C. Sprawl will help us reflect on a superlative kind of love,

Hesed in the Hebrew, often translated as His Mercy, Kindness, Loyal Love, Faithfulness, or Loving Kindness. So what does this kind of love look like? Here's

Dr. Sprole. Today, we're going to look at the positive way in which the scripture speaks to us

about the loyal love of God. Before I do that, I have a confession to make. When I was in college and in

seminary, I studied the Greek language for six years. And so I got a good background and foundation

in biblical Greek. However, the only exposure I had to Hebrew was one semester in seminary, where I missed

half of the semester with illness. And so my background in Hebrew is very weak. In fact, when I was

coming home from graduate school in the Netherlands to fly back to America, I was overweight, and I didn't have enough money to pay for the fine.

And so what I did to compensate for the problem was I left my Hebrew Bible in Skippel airport,

and that got me under the weight limit because that thing was so big. And after I got to this

country, I never bothered to buy another one. So that my knowledge of Hebrew is abysmal. I can barely

make it through the alphabet, but with the help of dictionaries, I sort of wander around it. But I'm not

a scholar of ancient Hebrew by any means.

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