"We Needed to Be Loved"

1 John 4:7-5:3




There are some facts that need to be pointed out in this Passage...
1. The word "love" appears in this book of I John 46 times, but 32 of those are in this passage alone.
2. It can be compared to that of I Corinthians 13 (Love Chapter)
3. There are 3 different kinds of "LOVE" in Scripture and here they are:
a. AGAPE...defined as, "an unconditional commitment to the well being of another person or “I’m committed to your good no matter what, no matter how you treat me, I’m committed to your good."
b. Philia..."Friendship love" can be viewed as 'Give and Take'
c. Eros..."Romantic love"...defined as that infatuation we have with someone we "love", it's sort of a romantic love (what I can take for myself)

God loved us with an AGAPE love, He loved us with that unconditional commitment to our well being, no matter how we treat him, He is committed to our Good, doesn't that just blow your mind, that He would love us in spite of ourselves?

Think about that for a second, no matter what we do, He is committed to our good, sometimes we convince ourselves that other people need to deserve our love, but we are just a channel of His love to be given unconditionally to others.

Question then is: "What LOVE are you loving with today?"