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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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…be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is, And every man that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure. What do you read infirst John 4, verse 8? See him in verse 16. We read this, God is love. What does that mean? It means it belongs to his nature. It's not something created. It's not just…
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…no matter what else you do, will mean anything. Without this one ingredient, you have nothing. I want you to listen to what he actually says.First. John 4, verses 7 through 12. Beloved, John writes, 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…
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…from four angels. But it's angles, agape love from four angles. So let's let's begin by reading a verse not from 1 Corinthians, but from 1 John. In1 John chapter 4, verses 7 through 11, it says he says, Beloved, let us love one another. For love is from God. Now last week we studied the four different words of love in Greek.…
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…and not just a perfect creation, that's the foundation, that's the bedrock for the idea that you are made worthy. So a couple minutes ago, we read1 John chapter 4, verses 7 through 8. And that last verse read, whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. And if we keep reading in verses 9 through 10, John says this.…
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…what love is. It's through his being, his holy being. It's through his being, his holy being. And the apostle John says in his first letter that in1 John 4, verse 8, god is love. But then he also says back in chapter 1, verse 5, god is light, he's holy. There's no darkness in God. He's pure, he's holy. He's not…
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…we wish to see Jesus. By your Spirit's power, give us eyes to see his glory. Through Christ, we pray, amen. Today's scripture reading comes from1 John 4, verses 7 through 13. Reading comes from 1 John 4, verses 7 through 13. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God…
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…rewarded or enjoyed or even acknowledged. That's agape love. This is the love that characterizes God in His love for us. When it says in Scripture,1 John 4:8, “The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love,” it uses this word, agape. God is agape. He is the sacrificial, self-giving…
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…rewarded or enjoyed or even acknowledged. That's agape love. This is the love that characterizes God in His love for us. When it says in Scripture,1 John 4:8, “The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love,” it uses this word, agape. God is agape. He is the sacrificial, self-giving…
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…extending of God's holy presence into creation, but also of His loving presence. For God is holy. Yes, we've been looking at that, but God is love.1 John 4, verse 8. And there is a deep and unique connection of love with the Holy Spirit even in this very in his very essence as the third person of the Trinity.…
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…can understand him. God, however, does not experience emotions as we do. God's love is not a reaction, but an eternal attribute. The last part of1 John chapter 4 verse 8, there John declares, God is love. It's who he is. Not because we're lovable does he love us, but God is love and therefore he loves. His wrath is…
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…right his thoughts are above our thoughts but there is at least one thing that we know for sure about God Father Son and Holy Spirit is that in1 John 4:8it says this God is love and so if we want to grow in the knowledge of Our Lord who is love we need to grow in love amen amen and it was Jesus who…
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…action and the virtue of love already at work in our life. And so now I think we're ready to move into the passage we'll focus on today which is1 John 4:7-12. And 1 John is a little book, it's only five chapters. But I notice that the word ‘abide’ is in this little book 24 times and the word ‘love’ is in…
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…nothing. There is no advantage whatsoever to this sort of sacrifice. None. We must seek to serve one another with love. Why? Because God is lovefirst. John 4 verses 7 through 8says 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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…always had big shoulders, that's the way I think of God. God has big shoulders, right? I can handle it. God is able to love everyone at once. From1 John 4:8, Whoever does not love does not know God because God, in His very being, His very essence, God is love. That's who he is. Able to love everyone at…
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…So let's read the passage together. We'll read John chapter 4, verses 7 to 12. Can we all stand as we read the word of God together? Yeah. Thanks.1 John chapter 4, verses 7 to 12. 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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…life is messy, and life is hard, and people are difficult. We're going to get into all those things, the practical, but for today, Let's define it.1 John chapter 4 verse 8, we start with this because it's important to the definition. Why do we let God Define? Love, why are we looking at God's definition? Not the…
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…we can exhibit that love to others. And our main passages that we'll be focusing on is going to be Deuteronomy chapter 6, verses 5 through 7 and1 John chapter 4, verses 7 through 12. As always, in any verse that we do, we look at the context and the connection and the application. So we look at what's going on in scripture and…
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…and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. (1 John 4:7–14NASB) That's a wonderful passage that describes the love of the brethren and the love that God has in sending His Son to model for us what that…
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…in us is love. It's love. I'll just read the top few verses before verse 13. So, I'm going to read from verse 7 to verse 12. Follow me as I read1 John 4, verse 7 to 12. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Verse 8. Anyone who does not love…
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…that love. It's one of the great encouragement that, like I said, God loved us first and foremost. And we're to exhibit that love of Christ.1 John chapter 4 verse 7 through 8. All of these verses are going to be in your notes. You don't have to turn there. There's a lot of verses here. So I'm trying to go over as quickly…
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