God is Love.

1 John 4:7-21

7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. 8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
9 God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. 10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.

11 Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. 12No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.

13 And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us. 14 Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 All who confess that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God. 16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.

God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. 17 And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.

18 Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love. 19 We love each other because he loved us first.

20 If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? 21 And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their Christian brothers and sisters.

I want to talk about love over the next several days. God is a very personal, loving being who is perfect. He is fair in all his judgments because he wants to hold a relationship with us. You're going to be hearing this more than once: God's love is unconditional.

John thinks of God as love. When an individual is looked at as a loving one, it's because they love God. By loving God, you can love others. When Chrisitans love one another with an equal amount of love as God has for us, that's a perfect love triangle. If you're not seeing God, just look for his love being portrayed by other people and you'll see it!

Some claim to love God while hating others. John tells us though that it's impossible to experience God's love or be impacted by it and not express it.

So, love God and obey him in order to love others. This will help you be a part of the family of God.