The Bible is full of verses about how much God loves us and how He wants us to love others. God showed that love for us by sending His one and only Son to die for our sins while we were still sinners! What an incredible love. God didn’t just say I expect you to love me, He led the way. He took action, He sacrificed, He conquered death for us. Jesus did all these so we could be called the children of God (1 John 3:1).
And so, having received this great and unconditional love expressed through the life of Jesus, His death and His resurrection, we are invited to a love relationship with God and His followers. Jesus tells us in Matthew 22 verses 36-40 that the the first and greatest commandment is to love Him with all our heart, soul,mind and strength. Then He adds that we should love our neighbors as ourselves. God doesn’t want us to just love Him, He also wants us to love others as we love ourselves. God’s love overflows from us to others as we follow Him.
God didn’t just say “I expect you to love me, He led the way. He took action, He sacrificed, He conquered death for us. Jesus did all these so we could be called the children (1 John 3:1)”.
We can look to Jesus who is our perfect example of love, He didn’t just show love, He is love Himself. We can trust the HolySpirit to help us love God afresh each and love others too. This is why we introduced the sharing your favorite Bible verses about God’s love. We wanted it to serve as a reminder to you of God’s great love as you shared them with your children. We really hope you enjoyed sharing the verses and what they mean to you.
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