The Attributes of God: The Love of God, Part 1

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G. The Love of God.

1. . “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for . . . . And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love , and ” ().

This is the one definition of God. There are , but . The love of God comes from . It does not come by . It cannot be seen in . Only from comes that knowledge that God is love. There are those who deny the inspiration of the Scriptures, but who still say that God is love. If the Scriptures are , how do we know that God is love? You can search the world over and never find a “God is love” . They have their gods and idols, but a God that is “God is love” is . The Bible is the Word of God — , tells us that “God is love.”

2. . If God is love, then that love must be . And it is, for we learn from the Scriptures that the objects of His love are:

a. . God loves His Son more than man could ever love his own offspring. “Lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom ” (). See also . God’s love is a perfect love and : “Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me ” (John 17:24).

b. . All who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ are the objects of God’s divine love. He manifests that love day by day. “The , because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God” (). “I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and , as thou hast loved me” (John 17:23).

c. . Be careful how you speak of the “lowly” Jew. He is the object of God’s love, the same as we Christians: “The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have ; therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee” ().

d. . God never changes concerning His attitude toward sin. God hates sin, but loves the sinner! “God, who is rich in mercy, for , even when we were dead in sins, hath together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved; )” (). “When we were , in due time Christ . For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But , in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” ().


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