The Source of Love

What is love?

Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary Love

Unselfish, loyal, and benevolent intention and commitment toward another.

1 John 4:7–8 ESV

7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

We are commanded to love, because God is love.

How do we do this?

It begins and ends with the Gospel expressed in relationship.

1 John 4:9 ESV

9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.

Jesus is the embodiment of God’s Love

1 John 4:10 ESV

10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

He is the Source of true love.

1 John 4:11–12 ESV

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

It is as we engage in relationship with God that we love God and others.

When your in hate mode, are you engaging in relationship with God?

Choose to engage God in relationship.

Show the World God through our relationships.