"Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down His life for us." (1 John 3:16)
The rest of that passage is such a wonderful parallel to that very great and, my personal favorite, passage (probably the first verse most of us ever learned) in the Gospel of John -- 3:16. God so loved us that HE gave.
In 1 John 3:16 we see God's great sacrificial love demonstrated by the death of Jesus on the cross, but we also see the impacting result that should have in our lives.
"And we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoso hath this world's goods, and seeth his brother hath need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither love in tongue but in deed and in truth and hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him." (1 Jn 3:16-18)
God's amazing love gift should compel us to reach out to minister to others in love. Make a Difference blog
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