1. 1 John 4:7-10 Let us love one another for God is love.Excerpts from The Holy Bible : Revised Standard Version Second Catholic edition (2006), with the ecclesiastical approval of theUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Thomas Nelson Publishing for Ignatius Press.

2. 7 Beloved, let us love one another; for love is ofGod, and he who loves is born of God andknows God.8 He who does not love does not know God; forGod is love.9 In this the love of God was made manifestamong us, that God sent His only Son into theworld, so that we might live through Him.10 In this is love, not that we loved God but thatHe loved us and sent his Son to be theexpiation for our sins. 3. Most Christians agree that Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God loves them but dont God and Father of our Lord really understand what itJesus Christ, who has means to be loved by the blessed us in Christ with creator of the universe. every spiritual blessing inThere are three aspects ofthe heavenly places, Gods love. 4 even as He chose us in HimFirst, His love is notbefore the foundation of the influenced by anything world, that we should be within or around us. holy and blameless beforeConsider for a moment thatHim. even though we live inBeing chosen before the world sin, He still loves us began certainly means we (Romans 5:8).shall always be chosen.Second, divine love is eternal. 4. Third, we know Gods loveWe can totally trust God is part of His personality.because there is no possibility1 John 4:8-10 He will betray us.8 He who does not love Like any other good parent He does not know God; for redirects, and corrects us God is love. when we stray because He9 In this the love of God was loves us and we are important made manifest among us,to Him, as He should be to us. that God sent His onlyGod loves us so much He has Son into the world, so engraved our name on the that we might live through palm of His hand (Isa. 49:16). Him.Matthew 10:30 tells us He lovesWe trust those we love butus so much He knows there is always aeverything about us even the possibility that they maynumber of hairs on our head. betray that trust. 5. Love is a free choiceHard to believe that anyonebacked up by action (1 would do that but theCorinthians 13:4-7). Father did that for youWe naturally do what weand I.can to improve the life of John 3:16 For God so lovedthose that we love.the world that he gaveImagine loving someone soHis only Son, thatmuch that you are willingwhoever believes in Himto allow your child die to should not perish butprove that love. have eternal life.Abraham was willing to We humans find it difficult tosacrifice his only son,accept GodsIsaac because he loved unconditional loveand trusted God enough because we find it difficultto do anything to proveto love others withoutthat love. conditions. 6. Excerpts from The Holy Bible : Revised Standard Version Second Catholic edition (2006), with the ecclesiastical approval of theUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Thomas Nelson Publishing for Ignatius Press.