TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 1 John 4:7
Memorize this Verse: (Cover the verse text and using just the first letters of each word try to recite the entire passage.)7. B L U L O A F L I O G A E O T L I B O G A K G
“Let us love one another”: This phrase (in verse 7), is the key to the entire section (see verse 21). The original conveys the idea of making sure that love is a habitual practice. He has already written that those who are truly born again do exhibit the characteristic habit of love (2:10-11; 3:14).
“Every one that loveth is born of God”: Those who are born again receive God’s nature (2 Peter 1:4). Since God’s nature exhibits love as a chief characteristic (see also verse 8), God’s children will also reflect that love.
Since the importance of love is the subject here, He says beloved. We Christians are the beloved of God. One of the main things that separate the Christians from the world is the great love that we have for our brothers and sisters in Christ. God not only loves, but is love itself. When we are born of God, we are born of His love.
To explain the love of God for us would be like trying to explain life itself. The word “loveth” means continues to love. One of the great things I believe about the United States is the fact that we are concerned about the problems of people of every race. When there is famine, we try to help. When there is a devastating earthquake, we try to help.
We are a loving caring nation. That makes me believe there is still hope for our nation to come back to God, and be the Christian nation we started out to be.
In (verses 7-8), we are told that love is from God and that God is love. John introduces the reader to the first of 5 reasons why Christians love: because God is the essence of love. The Gnostics believed that God was immaterial spirit and light, but never defined the source of love as coming from His in-most being. As He is spirit (John 4:24), light (1:5), and a consuming fire (Heb. 12:29), so He is love. Love is inherent in all He is and does. Even His judgment and wrath are perfectly harmonized with His love.
Today's Bible Reading Plan selections can be found below. If you don't have a Bible with you, just click the references to read each passage online:
Old Testament
Hosea 9-12 — 7.5 minutes
Job 27 — 4.0 minutes
New Testament
John 15:1-8 — 2.0 minutes
Revelation 2:18-29 — 3.0 minutes
Total Average Read Time — 16.5 minutes
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