Bible Verse Of The Day

Saturday, March 13, 2010

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— 1 John 4:7-10 —

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

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John says "God is love," not "love is God." Our world, with its shallow and selfish view of love, has turned these words around and contaminated our view of love. The world thinks that love is what makes a person feel good and that it is alright to sacrifice moral principles and others' rights in order to obtain such "love." But that isn't real love; it is the exact opposite — selfishness. And God is not that kind of "love." Real love is like God, who is holy, just and perfect. If we truly know God, we will love as he does.