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Jesus demonstrated God’s great love by choosing to lay down His life for people who didn’t deserve it, but who He still chose to love unconditionally. In laying down His life, Jesus
Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.—1 John 4:7-8 (my emphasis) In the scripture above, we are admonished to “love one another, for love comes from God.”.
We know this because 1 John 4:7,8 says “Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God and everyone that loves is born of God, and knows God. He that does not love, does not know God; for God is love.”. When God created the first man and woman, He made them exactly like Himself.
people who do not know or love God. They, too, reflect God’s love when they show love. Christians react to God’s love by lov-ing not just God but all people too. Of all the people in the world, we [Christians] should be the most loving of all people, because we know God loved us first. Why does the knowledge that God
“God is love” does not equal “love is God” (a form of pantheistic thinking), any more than “grass is green” means “green is grass.” Love does not define God, but God does define love. There is a beautiful logic here. 1) God is love. 2) Those who have been born of God and know God are God‟s children.
this truth: “Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love” (1 John 4:8). “In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that God has loved us” (4:10a).
1 John 4:7 8 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. Outside the knowledge of God no one can understand what true love is. God is the source of true love –God’s love is not “fish love”.
