Good morning,
This week we continue our series, Who is God? My goal is to pick a chapter of the Bible that speaks to the character of God. This week we look at 1 John 4.
Who is God?
1 John 4
God is Spirit of Truth and Love
God is Love (7-11)
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
God lives in us through the Holy Spirit (12-13) 12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
The second major section returns to the idea that “God is love.” John teaches that biblical love is a sign of being born of God, and knowing God. He states emphatically that believers are to show their love for God by loving one another (1 John 4:7–12). Love not only demonstrates God’s presence in our lives, it serves as evidence to the rest of the world. Love is how the world is meant to “see” God, even though they cannot do so physically. (https://www.bibleref.com/1-John/4/1-John-chapter-4.html)
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001 chaplain@alaskaseniors.com
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