{"id":2684,"date":"2021-04-03T07:54:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T15:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2684"},"modified":"2021-04-03T07:54:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T15:54:09","slug":"devotion-1-john-47-13-at-the-root-of-it-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2684","title":{"rendered":"Devotion 1 John 4:7-13 At The Root Of It All"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 John 4:7-13\u00a0\u2013<\/i><\/b>\u00a0Beloved, let\u2019s\u00a0love one another; for love is from God, and\u00a0everyone who loves has been\u00a0born of God and\u00a0knows God.<\/span>\u00a08\u00a0The one who does not love does not know God, because\u00a0God is love.<\/span>\u00a09\u00a0By this the love of God was revealed\u00a0in us, that\u00a0God has sent His only Son into the world so that we may live through Him.<\/span>\u00a010\u00a0In this is love,\u00a0not that we loved God, but that\u00a0He loved us and sent His Son\u00a0to be\u00a0the\u00a0propitiation for our sins.<\/span>\u00a011\u00a0Beloved, if God so loved us,\u00a0we also ought to love one another.<\/span>\u00a012\u00a0No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God remains in us, and His\u00a0love is perfected in us.<\/span>\u00a013\u00a0By this we know that we remain in Him and He in us, because He has given to us of His Spirit.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Matthew 22:37-40<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Jesus replied:\u00a0\u201c\u2018Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.\u2019\u00a038\u00a0This is the first and greatest commandment.\u00a039\u00a0And the second is like it: \u2018Love your neighbor as yourself.\u2019\u00a040\u00a0All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

When it comes to serving the Lord we see that love is everything.\u00a0\u00a0Love is why Jesus came to die for our sins.\u00a0\u00a0Love is why He allowed Himself to suffer and die for us.\u00a0\u00a0Love is the reason that mankind still exists.\u00a0\u00a0(John 3:16<\/b>)<\/p>\n

All who love Jesus and each other are of God.\u00a0\u00a0No one who does not love is from God.\u00a0\u00a0These two commandments of love cover every promise and every law in the Bible.\u00a0\u00a0Anyone who has the love of God, not the love of the world, but the love that comes only from God, will continue to be purged from sin.\u00a0\u00a0Love really is the answer.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cBeloved, let\u2019s\u00a0love one another; for love is from God, and\u00a0everyone who loves has been\u00a0born of God and\u00a0knows God.<\/i><\/span>\u00a08\u00a0The one who does not love does not know God, because\u00a0God is love.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u201c<\/span>Love the Lord your God.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u201cLove your neighbor as yourself.\u2019\u00a040\u00a0All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Love is the power that saves us.\u00a0\u00a0Love is the power that unites us.\u00a0\u00a0God\u2019s love.\u00a0\u00a0Come to God and let Him teach us about His love.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s different than the love of the world.\u00a0\u00a0Learning and growing in His love is a lifelong journey.\u00a0\u00a0A journey one will never regret and which has rewards every day it is traveled.<\/p>\n

Love God.\u00a0\u00a0Love each other.\u00a0\u00a0Grow in the meaning of these powerful words.\u00a0\u00a0Praises to God along this journey will flow out from us.\u00a0\u00a0Love.\u00a0\u00a0Praise God.\u00a0\u00a0And so fulfill the will of God for our lives.\u00a0\u00a0Love God! Thank God and yes, praise God!<\/p>\n

\nPsalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n

Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear\u00a0me.<\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has\u00a0shown you, Oh man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; and what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of you, but\u00a0to do justly, to love\u00a0mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.<\/p>\n

Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0bless you and keep you; 25\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0turn His face\u00a0toward you and give you peace.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 John 4:7-13\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Beloved, let\u2019s\u00a0love one another; for love is from God, and\u00a0everyone who loves has been\u00a0born of God and\u00a0knows God.\u00a08\u00a0The one who does not love does not know God, because\u00a0God is love.\u00a09\u00a0By this the love of God was revealed\u00a0in us, that\u00a0God has sent His only Son into the world so that we may live through…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[100,101,94,1874,17],"class_list":["post-2684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-john","tag-matthew","tag-micah","tag-numbers","tag-psalm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2685,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684\/revisions\/2685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}