INTRODUCTION

Sometimes the first usage of a word in the Bible offers interesting insight into the overall usage of the word throughout the scriptures. In our verse, we find the first use of a form of the word love . The first love mentioned is that of a father for his son. Even more interesting is that this father was willing to sacrifice his own son. Bible students have seen this father and son as a wonderful picture of God the Father and God the Son. Only the Lord could orchestrate such a wonderful truth. The first mention by name of the word love is a father’s love for his son. And the first love ever was the love of God the Father for God the Son (John 15:9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
See All...; John 17:23I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
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DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For smaller children) God the Father loves God the Son. When we receive Jesus as our Saviour, God the Father accepts us as part of His family and we are called the sons of God (John 1:12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
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• God is love (1 John 4:8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
  See All...). Before God ever loved man, God the Father and God the Son shared a love in eternity. What does this mean for believers (see John 17:23I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
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• If God is love, and He is, the moment He ceases to be love, He would cease to be God. What does this suggest about God’s motive in all His works throughout eternity (past and future)?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Thank the Lord for His love.
• Ask God to teach you how to love as He loves.

HYMN

The Love of God

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