Key Verses: 1 John 4:7-8, "7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."
Think for a moment about a glass of water. If you had to identify the most essential property of water, what would it be? You would probably say, "The essential property of water is its wetness."
Think about fire. What would you say was its essential property? While you might list a few different things, fire's essential property would have to be "heat."
Sugar is sweet. Ice is cold. Water is wet. Fire is hot. And God... Well, God is Love.
Read 1 John 4:7-8. John knew a thing or two about Love. John was one of the Jesus' closest companions. Along with Peter and James, John was in the "inner circle" of disciples, a group that Jesus went to great lengths to teach and mentor. John was there at nearly every important episode in Jesus' life. John understood Jesus and His message of love and redemption. So when John says "God is Love," we ought to pay attention.
There are a lot of things we could say about God. He has so many wonderful attributes that make Him worthy of our praise, love, and devotion. He is perfectly wise, powerful, good, just, forgiving, merciful, holy, compassionate... the list goes on. If you think of God and His attributes as an ever-flowing, eternal river that runs throughout time and history, the source of that river must surely be His LOVE.
If you know God, you know LOVE.
God is the source of all LOVE!
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