Inspirational Bible Verses | This Is Love… | 1 John 4:10

May 7, 2019 WDBSF

A picture of two hands forming the shape of a heart with the sun in the background — Read – Titus 3:5 | Romans 5:8, 10 | 1 John 2:2 | 1 John 4:9-10

Commentary

Bible Study Fellowship Notes | 1 John 4:9-10: Love explains (1) why God creates: because he loves, he creates people to love (2) why God cares: because he loves them, he cares for sinful people; (3) why we are free to choose – God wants a loving response from us; (4) why Christ died – his love for us caused him to offer a solution to the problem of sin; and (5) why we receive eternal life – God’s love expresses itself to us forever.

God represents absolute goodness. As a result he cannot overlook, condone, or excuse sin as though it never happened. He loves us, but his love does not make him morally lax. If we trust in Christ, however, we will not have to bear the penalty for our sin (1 Peter 2:24). We will be acquitted (Romans 5:18) by his atoning sacrifice.

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