September 5, 1999
Many people use the phrase “God is love” without truly understanding it. In this sermon, Alistair Begg challenges notions of divine love that exclude holy judgment and wrath. Scripture explains the true nature of God’s love: it finds its origin in Him, its expression through Christ’s life, death, and resurrection, and its purpose in bringing us into relationship with Him. If we understand these qualities, our lives will overflow with love for others, visibly revealing God’s love to the loveless.
7Beloved, jlet us love one another, for love is from God, and kwhoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8lAnyone who does not love does not know God, because mGod is love. 9In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that nGod sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10In this is love, onot that we have loved God nbut that he loved us and sent his Son to be pthe propitiation for our sins.
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