God is Love | Bible Study | 1 John 4:8

 God is Love

"Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1 John 4:8"

No number of words can describe the love of God in our lives, and no amount or abundance of words can explain who God is. But in our lives, there is something we have seen and testify to because it has become real to us. That is nothing else but the love of God. Indeed, God is love.

The Apostle John in this letter wrote to us something he was personally certain of. He began this letter by saying, "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life; 1 John 1:1" So the Apostle John is speaking about something he had experience with, something he knew well.

When he speaks about the love of God, he uses the same principle. There are two types of people: those who do not know God and those who know God. And the difference between these people is not anything else but their actions, not their words, because many say they know God, but their actions do not align with what they say.

Love comes from God. If you know God, then you have love within you. The problem for many Christians is that we harden our hearts. We know exactly the right thing to do, but for various reasons, we do not do it. We refrain from showing God's love to people.

Now, these are the instructions God gave us. "Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 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. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 1 John 4:7-12 NIV"

May God help you to reveal his love to the world so others may know He is love.
AMEN

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