Love!

June 21, 2021 Monday Message

1 John 4:19 NIV: “We love because he first loved us.”

Who taught you to love? I’m not talking about romantic love, but rather the love a parent has for a child or the love you might have for a best friend. How about love for your God, your Creator?

The reason we know anything at all about love is because God first loved us. This turns out to be a really good thing. Mankind is the poster child for shortcomings, and it might make more sense if God had written us off long ago. But that’s not God’s nature! Our God is a God of second chances, and third chances, etc. God loves us so much that he wants to include everyone in his eternal Kingdom!

Looking at the original manuscripts, some read, “We love God…,” or, “We love each other…,” but it’s all using God as the model for love. 2,000 years ago, the norm was to look out for #1. “Loving your neighbor as yourself,” was a new concept set upon the world by the Son of God himself. Thankfully, we now know what to do!

The originator of love is God the Father!

Blessings to all this week!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship, 3249 30th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406