GOD IS LOVE (1 John 4)
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who
loves has been born of God and
knows God. 8 Whoever does not love
does not know God, because God is love. 13 This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He
has given us of his Spirit. 15 If anyone acknowledges
that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. 16 God is love. Whoever
lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
II. God’s
True Nature
9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only
Son into the world that we might
live through him.10 This
is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning
sacrifice for our sins. 17 This is how love is
made complete among us so that we
will have confidence on the day
of judgment: In this world we are
like Jesus. 18 There is no fear in
love. But perfect love drives out fear, because
fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
III. We Must
Show God’s Love to Others
11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 19 We love because he first loved us. 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. 21 And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.
