1jo 04v17 WE LOVE HIM
BECAUSE HE FIRSTLOVED
"WE LOVE HIM BECAUSE HE FIRSTLOVED
I John 4:17
Here is an unquestionable fact
- "We love Him." All true believers love the Lord Jesus Christ, our
God and Savior. We do not love him as we should. We do not love him as we
desire. And we do not love him as we shall. But we do love him. If a person is
truly born again, he loves Christ sincerely and supremely.
But the cause of our love for Christ is not in us.
Our love is created and sustained in our hearts by his love. "We love him,
BECAUSE he first loved us." There would never have been any love in
our hearts for the Son of God had he not created that love in us. In the time
of his love, he revealed himself to us. And our hearts were conquered by this irresistible
love for us. We could not resist the love of our merciful Redeemer!
Here is another sweet truth - "He FIRST
loved us," The love of God for us precedes our love for God. From all
eternity, God loved his people in Christ, There is no beginning and there is no
end to his love for us. In love he chose us. In love he redeemed us. In love he
preserved us. In love he called us. And in love he keeps us.