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Texts -- 1 John 4:8 (NET)

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1Jo 4:7--5:3 -- God is Love

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Commandments
[nave] COMMANDMENTS. Ex. 13:8-10; Ex. 20:3; Ex. 20:4-6; Ex. 20:7; Ex. 20:8-11; Ex. 20:12; Ex. 20:13; Ex. 20:14; Ex. 20:15; Ex. 20:16; Ex. 20:17 Deut. 5:6-21. Deut. 4:5, 9, 10; Deut. 6:4-9; Deut. 11:18-21; Deut. 32:46, 47; Josh. 8:...
Church
[nave] CHURCH, the collective body of believers. Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics Called in the O.T., The Congregation, Ex. 12:3, 6, 19, 47; 16:1, 2, 9, 10, 22; Lev. 4:13, 15; 10:17; 24:14. Called in the N.T., Church, Matt. 16:18; ...
Fellowship
[nave] FELLOWSHIP. Eccl. 4:9-12; Amos 3:3 See: Fraternity; Fellowship. With God Gen. 5:22, 24; Gen. 6:9; Ex. 29:45; Ex. 33:14-17; Lev. 26:12; Isa. 57:15; Zech. 2:10; Mark 9:37; John 14:23; John 17:21, 23; 2 Cor. 6:16; 2 Cor. 13:...
God
[nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
Righteousness
[nave] RIGHTEOUSNESS By faith, Gen. 15:6; Rom. 4:3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 20, 22, 24. Garment of, Job 29:14; Matt. 22:11-14. Imputed on account of obedience, Deut. 6:25; Job 33:26. Fruits of Deut. 6:25; Josh. 22:31; Psa. 1:3; Psa. 15:1...
Blindness
[nave] BLINDNESS Disqualified for priestly office, Lev. 21:18. Of animals, disqualified for a sacrifice, Lev. 22:22; Deut. 15:21; Mal. 1:8. Miraculously inflicted upon the Sodomites, Gen. 19:11; Syrians, 2 Kin. 6:18-23; Saul of T...
LOVE
[isbe] LOVE - luv ('ahebh, 'ahabhah, noun; phileo, agapao, verb; agape, noun): Love to both God and man is fundamental to true religion, whether as expressed in the Old Testament or the New Testament. Jesus Himself declared that al...
GOD, 3
[isbe] GOD, 3 - III. The Idea of God in the New Testament. 1. Dependence on the Old Testament: The whole of the New Testament presupposes and rests upon the Old Testament. Jesus Christ and His disciples inherited the idea of God re...
ADAM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
[isbe] ADAM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT - (Evolutionary Interpretation): (NOTE: It ought to be superfluous to say that the unfolding or development of the human personality here identified with evolution is something far higher, deeper, a...
JOHANNINE THEOLOGY, 1
[isbe] JOHANNINE THEOLOGY, 1 - jo-han'-in,-in: I. THE ANTECEDENTS 1. Personality of Writer 2. Earlier New Testament Writings 3. Christian Experience and Teaching of History 4. Widening Contact with Gentile World 5. The Odes of Solo...
JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF, PART 1-3
[isbe] JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF, PART 1-3 - || I. GENERAL CHARACTER 1. A True Letter 2. Subject-Matter 3. Characteristics of the Writer 4. Style and Diction II. POLEMICAL AIM 1. Gnosticism 2. Docetism 3. Antinomianism 4. Cerinthus III...
LIGHT
[isbe] LIGHT - lit ('or, ma'or; phos; many other words): 1. Origin of Light 2. A Comprehensive Term (1) Natural Light (2) Artificial Light (3) Miraculous Light (4) Mental, Moral, Spiritual Light 3. An Attribute of Holiness (1) God ...
Goodness of God
[ebd] a perfection of his character which he exercises towards his creatures according to their various circumstances and relations (Ps. 145:8, 9; 103:8; 1 John 4:8). Viewed generally, it is benevolence; as exercised with respect ...

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Allah Adalah Kasih [KJ.434] Hover on the song's title to listen the music

	R:1 Yoh 4:8, 16
1. Allah adalah Kasih dan Sumber kasih. Bukalah hatimu bagi FirmanNya. (2x)
2. "Kamu dalam dunia, bukan dari dunia. Kamu dalam dunia, bukan dari dunia. Akulah yang memikul sengsaramu." Kembali ke Reff.	Yoh 15:19 Yoh 17:14-19
3. Allah adalah Kasih dan Sumber kasih. Bukalah hatimu bagi FirmanNya. (2x)
4. "Musuhmu kasihilah dan berdoa baginya. Musuhmu kasihilah dan berdoa baginya: Aku yang mendamaikan sengketamu." Kembali ke Reff.	Mat 5:44
5. Allah adalah Kasih dan Sumber kasih. Bukalah hatimu bagi FirmanNya. (2x)
6. "Gandum harus dipendam, baru banyak buahnya. Gandum harus dipendam, baru banyak buahnya: demikian kasihKu di dalammu." Kembali ke Reff.	Yoh 12:24
7. Allah adalah Kasih dan Sumber kasih. Bukalah hatimu bagi FirmanNya. (2x)
8. "Jangan hatimu gentar, jangan bimbang dan sendu. Jangan hatimu gentar, jangan bimbang dan sendu: Aku 'kan besertamu selamanya." Kembali ke Reff.	Yoh 14:1 Mat 28:20
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Yang Mahakasih [KJ.381] Hover on the song's title to listen the music

	R:Hab 2:4; Rm 1:16-17
1. Yang Mahakasih ya itu Allah; Allah Pengasih pun bagiku.	Yoh 3:16 1 Yoh 4:8, 16
2. Aku selamatlah oleh kasihNya, oleh kasihNya kepadaku.
3. Walau dirantai oleh dosaku, walau dirantai tak terlepas,	Rm 6:15-23
4. Aku selamatlah oleh kasihNya, oleh kasihNya kepadaku.
5. Walaupun maut upah dosaku, walaupun maut mengancamku,	Rm 6:23
6. Aku selamatlah oleh kasihNya, oleh kasihNya kepadaku.
7. Allah mengutus Yesus, Tuhanku; Allah mengutus Sang Penebus.	Kis 3:26 1 Yoh 4:9
8. Aku selamatlah oleh kasihNya, oleh kasihNya kepadaku.
9. Yesuslah Kurban Tebusan dosa; Yesuslah Kurban pun bagiku.	Ibr 9:11-14 1 Ptr 1:18-19
10. Aku selamatlah oleh kasihNya, oleh kasihNya kepadaku.
11. Sabda dan RohNya penuh anug'rah; Sabda dan RohNya mengundangku.
12. Aku selamatlah oleh kasihNya, oleh kasihNya kepadaku.
13. Sabda kasihNya penawar haus; Sabda KasihNya air hidupku.	Yoh 4:10-14 Yoh 7:37-38 Why 7:17 Why 21:6 Why 22:17
14. Aku selamatlah oleh kasihNya, oleh kasihNya kepadaku.
15. Kasih sorgawi sumber selamat; Kasih sorgawi penghiburku.
16. Aku selamatlah oleh kasihNya, oleh kasihNya kepadaku.
17. O Kasih Allah, pelipur lara; o Kasih Allah, bahagiaku!
18. Aku selamatlah oleh kasihNya, oleh kasihNya kepadaku.
19. Hati dan jiwa bersukacita; hati dan jiwa sejahtera.	Flp 4:4, 7
20. Aku selamatlah oleh kasihNya, oleh kasihNya kepadaku.
21. Akulah waris suka sorgawi; akulah waris tempat kekal.	Rm 8:17 Yak 2:5
22. Aku selamatlah oleh kasihNya, oleh kasihNya kepadaku.
23. Engkau kupuji kasih abadi; Engkau kupuji selamanya.
24. Aku selamatlah oleh kasihNya, oleh kasihNya kepadaku.
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[1Jo 4:8] Amid The Splendors Of Thy State Hover on the song's title to listen the music

[1Jo 4:8] God Is Love!

[1Jo 4:8] Holy Jesus! God Of Love! Hover on the song's title to listen the music

[1Jo 4:8] Love Is The Theme Hover on the song's title to listen the music

Questions

Is the Voice of Conscience That of the Holy Spirit?
The facts of experience do not bear out the conclusion that conscience and the Holy Spirit are the same. Conscience is a faculty of the soul which approves or Condemns according as one has or has not done what he believes to ...
Are there other passages that state, implicitly or explicitly, that the believer is indwelt by the Father and/or the Son?
A couple of texts in the Gospel of John seem to say the same thing as Colossians 1:27 - John 14:20; 15:4. 2 Corinthians 13:5 would also apply. John 17:23 may indicate both the Father and the Son's indwelling the believer: 1...
Why must man suffer eternally for only living 60 or 70 years?
The whole issue of man's eternal separation from God revolves around God's holiness and man's sinfulness. As Habbakuk. 1:13 states, God's eyes are too pure to behold or approve evil and He cannot look upon sin. This does not ...

Sermon Illustrations

The Importance of Love; Sheep and Goats; Three Groups

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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)

1. The interview with the Samaritan woman 4:1-26

There are several connections between this section and the preceding ones that provide continuity. One is the continuation of water as a symbol (cf. 2:6; 3:5; 4:10-15). Another is the continuation of conversation in which Jes...
1. The new commandment 13:31-35

Jesus began His instructions with His disciples' most important responsibility.13:31-32 Judas' departure to meet with the chief priests signalled the beginning of the Son of Man's glorification, which John recorded Jesus as c...
D. The Importance of Mutual Love in End-Times Living 4:7-11

To prepare his readers to meet the Lord soon Peter urged them to make the best use of their time now that they understood what he had written about suffering.4:7 Like the other apostles Peter believed the return of Jesus Chri...
Outline

I. Introduction: the purpose of the epistle 1:1-4II. Living in the light 1:5-2:29A. God as light 1:5-7B. Conditions for living in the light 1:8-2:291. Renouncing sin 1:8-2:22. Obeying God 2:3-113. Rejecting worldliness 2:12-1...
II. Living in the light 1:5--2:29

"The teaching of 1 John is concerned essentially with the conditions for true Christian discipleship. The two main divisions of the letter set out these conditions and exhort the readers to live in the light (1:5-2:29) as chi...
III. Living as children of God 3:1--5:13

"In the second division of this document (3:1-5:13) John concentrates on the developing spiritual life of his followers, rather than sustaining his attack on the heretics, some of whom have already seceded from his church (2:...
The command to love 3:23-24

3:23 Jesus taught the apostles to trust in Him and to love each other. This is the distillation of His teaching. Specifically He taught them to trust in the efficacy of His name when they prayed to His Father (John 14:12-15; ...
The source of love 4:7-10

4:7 Love, as well as faith (i.e., acknowledging the true doctrine of Christ, vv. 1-6), is a product of God's Spirit. The believer (one "born of God") who also "knows"God (i.e., has intimate fellowship with Him) loves (cf. 2:3...
The inspiration of love 4:11-16

4:11 That demonstration of love by God is our model for showing love to others. As God manifested love in (among) us then by sending Jesus Christ, so He manifests His love among us now as we love one another (vv. 12-13).4:12 ...
5. Keeping the faith reaffirmed 5:5-13

Here John set out his fifth and final condition for living as children of God (cf. 2:18-29)."We canbelieve, and therefore we shouldmaintain the faith."162In the previous section (4:7-5:4) John wove together the themes of fait...

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Holy Jesus! God of love! Look with pity from above! Shed the precious purple tide, From Thine hands, Thy feet, Thy side. Let Thy streams of comfort roll, Let them please and fill my soul, Let me thus for ever be, Full of gladness, full of Thee.
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