1 John 4:10-12
New International Version (NIV)
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. 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.
Tommy Nixon taught us that the entire Scripture is the gospel and the message is GOD’s love for us. Five lessons about love from 1 John 4:7-21 are:
1. GOD is love (verse 8). He loves us enough to allow us to choose to love Him or not. Because He is also just, choosing wrongly (sin) demands a punishment.
2. Love is sacrificial (verse 10). Rather than desert us, GOD sent Jesus to be our propitiation (payment).
3. Love is the heart of Christian witness (verse 13). We are called to both live it out and share the message explicitly.
4. Love is our assurance (verse 16). GOD’s love in our lives is evidence of our relationship with Jesus.
5. Love is our confidence in judgment (verse 17). In addition, it can be our confidence in every facet of our earthly lives.
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