March 3, 2025 WE HAVE COME TO KNOW
1 John 4:12-13, 16-17 “No one has beheld God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in Him, and he in God. And we have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in Him.”
Love is a big deal; not love as the world defines it but the love that comes from God. This love of God has been given to us through the Holy Spirit. Even though we have not seen God, we can know and experience His love. God’s love in us produces certain fruit or evidence; one evidence of the love of God in us is that we love one another. And amazingly, the love of God is perfected in us when we love one another. One antidote to doubting our salvation is knowing that He has given us His Spirit. John, in very plain terms, is a letter spelling out the assurance of salvation so that there would be no doubt as to whether they were saved or not. It may sound over simplistic, but John says that “Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.” To confess is to believe. This amazing love of God is a selfless love; it desires the best for others; and it sacrifices for others. The issue is this; have we come to know the love that God has for us. Knowing His love transforms us from the inside out. If we have not come to know His love, then let us be asking God to reveal His love to us. Through meditating on God’s word, studying His word, and asking Him to reveal this life-changing truth, He will in His on way and in His own timing, reveal His love to us. We can begin the process by simply choosing to believe what we read in His word.
1 John 4:7,19 “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” “We love, because He first loved us.”
Blessings, Buddy
1 John 4:12-13, 16-17 “No one has beheld God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in Him, and he in God. And we have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in Him.”
Love is a big deal; not love as the world defines it but the love that comes from God. This love of God has been given to us through the Holy Spirit. Even though we have not seen God, we can know and experience His love. God’s love in us produces certain fruit or evidence; one evidence of the love of God in us is that we love one another. And amazingly, the love of God is perfected in us when we love one another. One antidote to doubting our salvation is knowing that He has given us His Spirit. John, in very plain terms, is a letter spelling out the assurance of salvation so that there would be no doubt as to whether they were saved or not. It may sound over simplistic, but John says that “Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.” To confess is to believe. This amazing love of God is a selfless love; it desires the best for others; and it sacrifices for others. The issue is this; have we come to know the love that God has for us. Knowing His love transforms us from the inside out. If we have not come to know His love, then let us be asking God to reveal His love to us. Through meditating on God’s word, studying His word, and asking Him to reveal this life-changing truth, He will in His on way and in His own timing, reveal His love to us. We can begin the process by simply choosing to believe what we read in His word.
1 John 4:7,19 “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” “We love, because He first loved us.”
Blessings, Buddy
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