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.
Jesus is the conduit of God’s love to man
Because love originates from God
1 John 4:7–8 NIV
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.
And only God can teach us how to love properly
1 John 4:10–11 NIV
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.
Love allows us to show God to the world
1 John 4:12 NIV
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
Christmas is when we celebrate this love with each other
