Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. I John 3:16 Perceive means “to understand.” Therefore, we understand that God loves us because He laid down His life for us. Romans 5:6-8 says, “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a…
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. John 13:34-35 God tells us in I John 4:12, “…If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.” For the love of…
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 KJV Commend means to entrust or commit. God committed His love for our benefit. Because of that commitment, He sent His only begotten Son to pay the penalty for our sin. The penalty was eternal death! Romans 6:23 says, “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of…
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. I John 4:7-8 KJV People need to feel loved, to be loved, and to love others in return. Yet no one can love another apart from God. In fact, in and of ourselves, we’re not even…
The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Jeremiah 31:3 KJV God was talking to Jeremiah, but the Bible is clear that God is no respecter of persons. Romans 2:11 says, “For there is no respect of persons with God.” That means that God has no favorites – what He does for one…
We’ve heard it said time and again. God is love, and a loving God wouldn’t send anyone to hell. But exactly how loving is the God of creation, the God of our universe, the God of all living? According to John 3:16, God loved us so much “…that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” God loves us tremendously. …