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| “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. ” |
| —1 John 4:10 |
In the movies, love is a constant theme. The same is true for literature and music. It seems as if love is always on our minds.
The great Christian writer of the 20th century, C. S. Lewis, wrote an amazing little book entitled The Four Loves in which he carefully explains the difference between the four words in the New Testament Koine Greek language that are simply translated “love” in the English language.
What does the word “love” really mean? The Apostle John offers this cogent definition of the word “love” in 1 John 4:10-12:
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
Through the resurrection power of the living Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love is made complete in us. So, we believers should live and act in ways that demonstrate the fullness of God’s love within us.
Let’s begin another new day keenly aware of God’s love. And, let us become willing vessels of that love, carrying it into a desperately needy world.
Based on a blog originally posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2016
