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 '''9. When is our love of God 'sovereign'?'''

Our love of God is sovereign when we love Him more than all other things, so that we are willing to lose all rather than separate ourselves from Him by sin.

10. When is our love 'active'?

Our love is active when we do what is acceptable to God; that is, when we keep His Commandments.

11. Why must we love God?

"We must love God, 1. Because He is the sovereign and^ most perfect Good; 2. Because He has loved us first, and has bestowed innumerable blessings upon us in soul and body; and 3. Because He commands us to love Him, and promises us eternal salvation as a reward for it.

12. When is our love of God 'perfect'?

Our love is perfect when we love God on account of His Infinite goodness; that is, when we love Him above all things, because He is both infinitely good in Himself, and infinitely good to us.