Thought for Today - April 29, 2024
No Fear in Love!
By: Robert A. Searles
We are told to fear God because he is Holy, but this does not mean that the redeemed child of God needs to fear God because of pending judgment and punishment, because Christ was judged for our sin and bore our punishment. Therefore "We love him because he first loved us and gave himself for us", and his great love for each of us ought to be reflected in our love for one another.
"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love."1 John 4:18
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 -" Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,"
1 Corinthians 16:14 -" Let all your things be done with charity."
Colossians 3:14 - "And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness."
John 15:13 -" Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
John 3:16 - "For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
" Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit."
"And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them."
" This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love because he first loved us. Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister" 1 John 4: 7-21
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