The apostle John affirms that God is love. “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” (1 John 4:8 NIV) Jesus declares that the two great commandments are to love God and love one’s neighbor. The Apostle Paul writes the most eloquent and tangible description of the way love is: patient, kind, forgiving, persevering. For Paul, over faith and hope, it is the greatest of virtues. But many religious people have made “love” itself the god of their religion. Instead of God is love, love is God.
In a viral comic, the Naked Pastor . A friend explained his understanding of the Gospel to me like this: “We are saved by Jesus when we choose the ‘way of love’.”
The apostle John affirms that God is love. “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” (1 John 4:8 NIV) Jesus declares that the two great commandments are to love God and love one’s neighbor. The Apostle Paul writes the most eloquent and tangible description of the way love is: patient, kind, forgiving, persevering. For Paul, over faith and hope, it is the greatest of virtues. But many religious people have made “love” itself the god of their religion. Instead of God is love, love is God.
the apostle John affirms that God is love. ““Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” (1 John 4:8 NIV) Jesus declares that the two great commandments are to love God and love one’s neighbor. The Apostle Paul writes the most eloquent and tangible description of the way love is: patient, kind, forgiving, persevering. But many religious people have made an undefined love the god of their religion. Instead of God is love, love is God.