Love, Light, Submission
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24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
Love is the being
God is love
Light is the revealing
Glory=light
Submission is the receiving
And in Ephesians five when we see each category, each other category is involved.
LOVE
16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
God is love—only possible with Trinity of love in eternity past
According to John, this intra-Trinitarian love is the basis for our love for God and other people. Since God Himself is love (1 John 4:16), and since we have fellowship and communion with Him, love is the acid test of our discipleship. If we love others, we belong to Jesus Christ. If we lack love, we are not His at all. The reason for this is that God is a triune communion of persons. Love is intrinsic to who He is. Attributes like grace, mercy, justice, and even holiness are all relative to creatures. His holiness is His separation from His creation. It is relative to the creature. In turn, His wrath is relative to sinners, as the expression of His holiness in response to human sin. Love, however, belongs to who He is in Himself in the undivided communion of the three persons. That is why He is called love in such absolute terms.
9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.
23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
26 I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
Light
6 There are many who say, “Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”
28 For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
9 For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.
3 Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!
11 Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
4 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.
26 But when I hoped for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came.
28 You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.
16 The Jews had light and gladness and joy and honor.
5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light.
5 O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.