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In 1 John 4:12-13, it is explained that no one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in us, and His love is made complete in us. This indicates that the presence of God is confirmed and manifested in the act of loving others, providing a tangible expression of an invisible God.
13 lut 2008 · What a relationship with God means is that we are receiving communications from God about himself both through his word and through history. He comes to us in Jesus Christ, in his teaching, in his cross, in his apostles, through his word, and he is speaking to us.
John assures us that God is greater than our heart, and so reminds us that we cannot base our relationship with Him purely on how we feel in His presence. i. Condemnation can well up inside us that has nothing to do with our standing before God.
1. The Command to Love the Brethren. “Brethren, let us love one another”. Stott: “John practices what he preaches. In urging them to love each other, he first assures them of his own love for them.”. 2. The Source of Love = God. “for love is from God” = The Sole Source. 3.
The most basic thing that can be said about love in relation to God is that “God is love” (1 John 4:8, 16; cf. 2 Corinthians 13:11). This does not mean that God is an old-fashioned name for the ideal of love.
God has put a desire for relationship in every one of us, a desire He intended to be met with relationships with other people, but most of all, to be met by a relationship with Him. In this remarkable letter, John tells us the truth about relationships – and shows us how to have relationships that are real, for both now and eternity.
4 cze 2013 · John states (4:7), “Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” The implication is that the life of God imparted to us in the new birth manifests itself in love for others. If we are children of the One whose very nature is love, then we will be like our Father.
