God is Love Agapē - Part 2 February 4, 2024 “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” - A.W. Tozer.  God is _________.  “7Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.” 1 John 4:7-8 (CSB)  Love is who God is. Everything He does is love.  Nothing pulls stronger or longer than God’s agapē.  “God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent His one and only Son into the world so that we might live through Him.” 1 John 4:9 (CSB) #1 - God’s Love is Visible.  “16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.” John 3:16-17 (CSB) “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” John 1:14 (CSB) “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact expression of His nature, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.” Hebrews 1:3 (CSB) Jesus is what God has to say.  Jesus is God’s love on display. #2 - God’s Love is Intentional.  #3 - God’s Love is Sacrificial.  The cross of Jesus is the ultimate expression of God’s agapē and sacrifice for humanity. “Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us … ” 1 John 4:10 (CSB) #4 - God’s Love Serves the Unlovable.   “ … and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.” 1 John 4:11 (CSB) #5 - God’s Love Atones for the Sinful.  “He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 (CSB) #6 - God’s Love is Eternal. Love is Jesus with you and Jesus for you from now through eternity. “35Who can separate us from the agapē of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36As it is written: Because of you we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered. 37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the agapē of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:35-39 (CSB) We are the object of God’s relentless obsession. He will not stop loving us, because He will never stop being love.  God is Love.