The Love of God, Part 1

Scripture does give us reason to proclaim that God is a God of love, in fact in 2 Corinthians 13:11 He is called the God of love. And in 1 John 4:8 the Bible says God is love. There's no question but that this is truly an attribute of God. This is part of the fabric of His spiritual essence, His being. And it is a much celebrated attribute because along with it comes goodness and kindness and mercy. Those are the evidences and those are the elements of expression that find their origin in love. Song writers and hymn composers and poets through all the history of the church have extolled the virtues of God who is a God of love. They have written hymns and songs and psalms and poems on the love of God. And Christians consequently have recited those poems and sung those songs and hymns and therefore celebrated the love of God for centuries...