Ep 231 – 1 John 4:7-21 PT 7

This is our seventh episode on 1 John, chapter four, verses 7-21. It's called, "Love Like God Loves" and in it, we will attempt to differentiate what John means when he says we are to love as we have been loved. The standard for our love is heavenly, not earthly. It is not of this world. And we don't get to determine what that love looks like or how we get to express it. God's brand of love is different than ours. His love is eternal, not temporal. It doesn't fade with time or fluctuate based on the actions of the one being loved. God's love is transformative in nature. It is out to change the one being loved. To improve their life. To give them eternal life. God's kind of love is redemptive and restorative. And ours should be as well. Our love, like His, should have the best interest of others in mind. We love them, not so they will love us in return, but so that they might know the love of God through us. We want them to know what it feels like to be loved by God as we have been loved by Him. Selflessly, sacrificially, and sanctifyingly.