August
29, 2005
God
Loves Us!
"In
this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us
and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins."
(1)
"Beloved,
let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone
who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love
does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God
was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten
Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this
is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent
His Son to be the propitiation (atonement) for our sins. Beloved,
if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
"No
one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God
abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. By this
we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has
given us of His Spirit.
"And
we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son
as Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the
Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
"And
we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God
is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God
in him.
"Love
has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness
in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this
world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out
fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has
not been made perfect in love. We love Him because He first
loved us.
"If
someone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a
liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen,
how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment
we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother
also." (2)
"Behold
what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we
should be called children of God!.. Beloved, now we are children
of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be,
but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him..
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just
as He is pure." (3)
1. 1
John 4:10.
2. 1 John 4:7-21.
3. 1 John 3:1-3.
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