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1 John 4:8 · BSB
4:8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
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…do good to those who mistreat you, pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you. Luke 6:27-28. Love covers a multitude of sins.1 John 4:8. The church Jesus built, the one he built, the assembly of his people is dominated by love. But here's number 3, the church Jesus built is…
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…a commanding officer gives an order, it's not up for debate. But for us, our commanding officer is love. God is love, as it says, for example, in1 John 4 verse 8. Love that is so gentle that it will not break a bruised reed, as it says in Matthew 12, 20. And for your information, a bruised reed is really…
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…4, 7 through 19. I'm gonna read it this time from NLT. You know, I flow back and forth between the NLT, the KJV, and the Amplified. Read from NLT.1 John chapter 4, verse 7 through 9. Difference. Let us continue to love one another. For love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. Anyone who does not…
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…has loved us first. Stand with me where you are this morning and let's read God's word together. We're gonna be in 1 John chapter 4 this morning.1 John chapter 4, verses 7 through 11. The apostle John says, Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. And…
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…to be with those who also need forgiveness, and that's all of us, and that's everyone outside this building and outside our church community.1 John 4 verse 8says, there is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in…
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…lives. We cannot say that we love God and know God relationally and not love the people that God has put in our lives. Now the word love here in1 John 4, verses 7 to 12, occurs 13 times, 13 across five verses. And every single time John uses this word, it is the word agape. Agape means a sacrificial kind of love. A…
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…wants me to be saved because he loves me unconditionally, even when I'm ugly spiritually. But a second fact is that God is love. It's his nature.1 John 4:8, he is operating from that position. It's his default. It's where he begins things. But also that God's love cannot be conquered. It cannot be…
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…Well, that's very important, and that's a mighty work. What preceded the work? What gave birth to the miracle? Compassion. Love. Hallelujah.First John 4:8says, He that does not love does not know God. For God is love. He that does not love does not know God, because God is love. So it's not faith in…
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…God … Not because you found it within, but because God, God put it there One of the heart changes that you should see comes from, uh, we see it in1 John 4:7 through 12. It's too big to put on the screen, but if you have your Bible, I'd encourage you to turn there, 1 John chapter 4. 1 John is a great book if you're…
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…talks quite a bit about agape, the agape love of God. It defines it very specifically. And so I want to start with this foundation, though. So in1 John chapter 4, verses 8, the author John says, God is love. And when he says God is love, he is saying, God is agape. And so, what we're gonna talk about this morning,…
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…or I love this or I love that. God not just has or possesses whose attributes God is love. It makes up his essence. God is love in the words offirst John chapter 4, verse 8and verse 16. We're told there in those verses on those occasions that God is love. You can turn to that verse if you like. I'm going to read it…
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…to oversee our Bible classes in our theological training. [SPEAKER_00]: If you've got your Bibles, go and grab them. [SPEAKER_00]: We'll be in1 John chapter 4 verses 7 through 12. [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if you saw it, but a couple of weeks ago, something happened on the news, NASA sent the first man to mission to the…
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…that's how we fix uh that's how things get fixed in ourselves and in the church is through the love of God and the spirit of God. And here in1 John 4:8, he that loves not knows not God, for God is love. Pretty blunt verse, but right to the point this morning as we begin. So, you know, the Holy…
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…actually. And it's... Letting the Bible, I think we should let the Bible explain what this word means. Let the Bible translate the Bible.1 John chapter 4 verse 8, it's on the screen. It's a verse that just says, God is agape, God is love. That's the kind of love that God is. And so what we're talking about…
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…says even the hairs on our head are numbered. So he's very in tune with everything that's going on in your life. And depth. Depth made me think of1 John 4, verse 8. God is love, that's who he is. And I I know we we think about we we think about God as a judge, and that can skew our view of his love. He is a…
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…what's best for the other person. God acts that way toward uh towards us. He always does what is best for us because he loves us so much. In fact,1 John 4, verse 8says, God is love. This is the definition of love, is God, because he always is loving toward his creation. And so John 3.16 is a verse you might…
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…exists, the nature of God always belonging, always honoring, always perfect in unity in the midst of their diversity. And it helps us understandfirst John chapter 4, verse 8, which says God is love. This is not an emotion, but a state of God's being. This is how he exists because of belonging, because of honoring,…
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…John 4. It's a passage that I've been meditating a lot myself. It's nourished my faith, and I trust it'll do the same for you. Our reading is from1 John chapter 4, verses 7 through 16. Hear the word of God. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who…
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…Previous verse? Previous verse to read? So we have... Yes. No, not... This is not... This is not the text I'm looking for. Anyway, but give me1 John 4, verse 8and 16. 1 John 4, verse 8 and 16. It says, He who does not love does not know God. What is God? God is what? Is it loving? Verse 15. Go back. Verse…
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…we are going to be considering the contrast between the world's view of love and God's true agape love. And with that, let's read our text.1 John chapter 4, verses 7 through 11. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God. And whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not…
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