God's Love (3)

God’s love is everything

The deepest possible expression of God’s character. Though God loves all people, he is especially committed to sacrificial, loyal relationships with his people.

God’s nature is love

1 John 4:8 (KJV 1900) — 8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

See also 1 Jn 4:16

1 John 4:16 (KJV 1900) — 16And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

His love is perfectly expressed within the Trinity

Mark 1:10–11 (KJV 1900) — 10And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: 11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

John 5:20 (KJV 1900) — 20For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

John 10:17 (KJV 1900) — 17Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

John 14:23 (KJV 1900) — 23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

Ephesians 1:6 (KJV 1900) — 6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

Colossians 1:13 (KJV 1900) — 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

Images of God’s love.God as a father:

Hebrews 12:6 (KJV 1900) — 6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

Proverbs 3:12 (KJV 1900) — 12For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

God’s loving actions -The gift of God’s Son is a unique act of love

1 John 4:9–10 (KJV 1900) — 9In 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. 10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

John 3:16 (KJV 1900) — 16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 15:13 (KJV 1900) — 13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Romans 5:7–8 (KJV 1900) — 7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.