{"id":54,"date":"2018-10-25T04:40:05","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T04:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lovefaithtrust.com\/?p=54"},"modified":"2024-11-14T17:34:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T17:34:20","slug":"god-is-love-1-john-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovefaithtrust.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/25\/god-is-love-1-john-48\/","title":{"rendered":"God is love 1 John 4:8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>God is love.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God shows His <strong>love<\/strong> for us in many ways.<\/p>\n<p>He created us in His image after His likeness. He sustains us, God sustains all life. God created our first parents Adam and Eve and put them in the Garden of Eden to take care of it. God would come down to the Garden of Eden in the cool of the day and meet with Adam and Eve.<\/p>\n<p>After Adam and Eve disobeyed and sinned, there was a breakdown in the relationship between God and man.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Bible says, &#8220;Your iniquities have separated you from your God; and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that he will not hear&#8221;. Isaiah 59:2\u00a0 and &#8221; All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God&#8221;\u00a0 Romans 3:23<\/em><\/p>\n<p>God is complete Holiness and righteousness\u00a0 so\u00a0 sin and sinners cannot be in His presence.<\/p>\n<p>God could have left humanity to their own devices, because God created us with a free-will. But God our heavenly Father could not stand-by and see His <strong>beloved<\/strong> children (His creation) be destroyed by the devil.<\/p>\n<p>The devil has tried and is still trying to destroy humanity, by tempting and leading us into sin which leads to suffering and eternal death.<\/p>\n<p>God had to do something to save His <strong>beloved<\/strong> creation.<\/p>\n<p>A Pastor tells this story.\u00a0 He said &#8221; One night after settling his daughter to sleep in her room, he settled in his room for the night.\u00a0 During the night he heard a door slam shut in the house, but somehow he did not seem bothered by it.<\/p>\n<p>But when he heard the alarm go off in his daughter&#8217;s room, he jumped out of bed and ran to her room, because he thought someone was in the house and he had to go and save his daughter.<\/p>\n<p>God shows His <strong>love<\/strong> by sending Jesus to save us. I imagine God saying to Jesus, You have to go down and save them, because there is no other way. Jesus died on the cross, He\u00a0 shed His precious blood to save us.<\/p>\n<p>John 3:16 says For God so <strong>loved<\/strong> the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life.<\/p>\n<p>God does not want us to perish, Jesus came to redeem\/restore us back to our Creator God and heal the relationship that sin has broken.\u00a0 God <strong>loves<\/strong> us with an unconditional everlasting <strong>love.<\/strong> &#8221; He who does not <strong>love<\/strong> does not know God, for <strong>GOD IS LOVE.&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0 1 John 4:8<\/p>\n<p><em>The Bible says &#8220;The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance&#8221;\u00a0 2 Peter 3:9<\/em><\/p>\n<p>God also shows His <strong>love<\/strong> for us by offering us the free gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. God wants us to live eternally with Him.\u00a0 <em>The Bible says,\u00a0 &#8220;If we confess our sin, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness&#8221; 1 John 1:9.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>God says,\u00a0 <em>&#8220;I will cleanse\u00a0 them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned,\u00a0 and by which they have transgressed against Me.&#8221; Jeremiah 33:8<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Saviour and Lord , we will be saved. If we continue to sin, we will die ( eternal death.)\u00a0 <em>The Bible says &#8221; The soul that sins shall die (eternal death) Ezekiel 18:4b, \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> &#8221; For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.&#8221;\u00a0 Romans 6:23.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because of Adam and Eve sin and rebellion, we are all born in sin with sinful tendencies&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jesus came to earth, died on the cross to save humanity from our sin sickness.\u00a0 He is coming again to receive those who have accepted Him as their personal Saviour and Lord.<\/p>\n<p>J<em>esus says,\u00a0 &#8221; Let not your heart be troubled, you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father&#8217;s house are many mansions, if it were not so , I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8221; And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know&#8221; John 14:1-4<\/em><\/p>\n<p>God\u00a0 shows His great <strong>Love<\/strong> for us by saving us by His grace and\u00a0 by offering us\u00a0 the free gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n<p>A few Bible verses about <strong>God&#8217;s love.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Jeremiah 31:3 The Lord has appeared of old to me saying; Yes, I have <strong>loved<\/strong> you with an everlasting <strong>love,<\/strong> therefore with <strong>lovingkindness<\/strong> I have drawn you&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1 John 3:1\u00a0 &#8221; Behold what manner of <strong>love<\/strong> the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Proverbs 8:17\u00a0 &#8220;I will <strong>love<\/strong> those who <strong>love<\/strong> Me, and those who seek Me diligently will find Me&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Deut 6:5 &#8220;You shall <strong>love the Lord your God<\/strong> with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>John 15:9\u00a0 &#8220;As the Father <strong>loved<\/strong> Me, I also have <strong>loved<\/strong> you, abide in My <strong>love&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>JESUS CHRIST, OUR SAVIOUR AND LORD IS COMING AGAIN SOON,\u00a0 ARE YOU READY TO MEET HIM?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Bible says; &#8220;If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.\u00a0 Romans 10: 10<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>SONG:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>For God so love<\/strong> the world that He gave His only Son to die on Calvary&#8217;s tree, from sin to set us free, someday He&#8217;s coming back, what glory that will be. Wonderful is His\u00a0<strong>love<\/strong> to me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I invite you to accept Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour and Lord. God be with\u00a0 you as you make this very important decision. Below is a prayer that you can say.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRAYER: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jesus, I accept You as my personal Saviour and Lord.\u00a0 I believe that You died on the cross for my sins, and that You rose again.\u00a0 Thank You for what You did for me on Calvary&#8217;s cross to save me.\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Please forgive me of all my sins and cleanse me from all unrighteousness.\u00a0 Thank You for the\u00a0 free gift of eternal life.\u00a0 Lord Jesus, help me to abide in You, and Your Holy\u00a0 word and\u00a0 be ready to meet You when You return.\u00a0 In Jesus name. 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God created our first parents Adam and Eve and put them in the Garden of Eden to take care of it. 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