1 Juan 4:7-21
Love isn’t an earthly thing. It isn’t a manmade invention nor is it possible for civilization to exist without it. Love is all about sacrifice. God demostrated this by giving up his only son, his family, for a world that didn’t even know it needed him. ”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.” Love connects us to God. “Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.” “No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.” His love gives us confidence and is our hope. “And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.”
“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.” The law of the Prophets has been exchanged for new life and freedom in Christ. He was the ultimate sacrifice and the way to reconcile with God. “If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.”
Along with the love he showers on us, God also sets down a command. “Whoever loves God must also love his brother.” “For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.” God gave us love, and we can never forget that. “We love because he first loved us.”
