The Key to Growing Into A Loving Person
1 John 4:16a, "And we have known and believed the love that God has for us."
John 17:23, "I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me."
Modern man's concept of love is largely defined and formed by Hollywood and Madison Avenue. If this premise is true, then every mention of the word "love" is filtered through this mindset. Thus, when the typical American is told that God is love or that God loves them, they picture God as being a warm, sentimental, slushy, emotional Being that tolerates everything, wishes everyone well, and never punishes anyone. They assume that if God loves them then a "get
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