1: God’s love is concerned, and only concerned, with other persons (and not with abstract qualities or love of self).
2: One of the ‘other persons’ this involves is human beings. This is not simply for the sake of God.
3: God’s love is also concerned with the other within God – i.e. the different persons of the trinity love each other. This is a more significant part of God’s love than the love for human beings.
4: God’s acts in bringing glory to Himself are partially motivated by a love for humanity and a desire for humans to know God.
5: God’s acts in bringing glory to Himself are partially motivated by an inter-Trinitarian love.
6: Other than the above two concerns, there is no other motivation for God’s desire to bring glory to Himself.
7: All of God’s acts, and all of God’s attributes of character, are based upon or aspects of, His love.
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