1 John 4:8 He that loves not knows not God; for God is love. I. This emphatic description refers to THE NATURE, as well as to the operations of God. II. The truth of the assertion, that God is love, appears in His PROVIDENTIAL DEALINGS with the children of men. III. IN THE REDEMPTION OF MANKIND our Lord has displayed the full glories of His love. IV. The truth of the assertion appears with peculiar evidence, by tracing THE DEALINGS AND METHODS OF HIS GRACE towards every individual who has interest in the Saviour. CONCLUSION: 1. Let me address careless sinners in the language of warning and reproof. 2. Let me address those who, drawn by the attractions of Divine love and redeeming grace, are saying in sincerity, "Whatever others do, we will serve the Lord."(1) Submit, without murmuring, to the various dispensations of His providence. (2) Love this God with supreme regard and gratitude. (3) Imitate this God of love, and seek, through grace, to resemble your heavenly Father. (4) Is that glorious Jehovah, to whom you have devoted your hearts and lives, indeed the God of love? Then recommend Him as such to your friends and families while you are on earth, and long to be with Him in the heaven of heavens. (A. Bonar.) Parallel Verses KJV: He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. |
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