We see that we have been given an example of true love. Now I want to tell you about perfect love. First John 4:9-10 says, “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.”What an example of love. Our maker, the God of heaven and earth sacrificed his only son so that we can live in heaven. What a way to show us what perfect love is.
“If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God and God in Him.” -1 John 4:15-16
It so clear what our Lord stands for and what he sacrificed for us. God is love. I mean how simple is that. If our Savior, our God who we pray and worship, is love, shouldn’t we strive to be love too? This perfect love that has been demonstrated is beyond our understanding, the Bible says that its rare for one man to give up his life for another, yet Jesus gave up his life for the saving of the world. He is so willing to give mercy to those who sin and love to any who believes in His Son.
Lastly we learn what the gift of perfect love means for our lives. “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love because he first loved us.” -1 John 4:18-19
God offered the ultimate example of perfect love by sacrifice. We need to live in love to receive the gift of this perfect love and in doing so become more like Christ, who is love.
How can you tell others about the gift of this perfect love? Are you an example of God?
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