God is Love

“Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”– 1 John 4:8-10

 

An essential characteristic of God is that He is love. From the beginning has existed a Trinitarian love between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Love is central to who God is. Creation is an outpouring of His divine love, and in love, the Triune God created human beings in His image to be in relationship with Him. The Bible makes it clear that we all have sinned, beginning with our first ancestors. As a consequence, our relationship with God was broken. Yet, God is love and the greatest demonstration of His love is “that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Rm. 5:8).

 

To know God, who is love, is to put your faith and trust in the sinless Saviour Jesus Christ “who loved you and gave Himself for you” (Gal. 2:20). God is love and it is only on the basis of a restored relationship with God, through faith in Jesus, where we begin to love Him supremely and love people created in His image, treating them with the utmost dignity, value, and respect.