The Love of God Manifested

Title: The Love of God Manifested
Scripture: 1 John 4:7-11

I. For God is love (vss. 7, 8)
A. As the source of all love

B.  With a command to love

C.  With a condition for love

D.  As the ground for loving and knowing God

II. In the sending of His life giving Son (vs. 9)
A. As a FACT and ACT of love

B.  Into the world 

C.  As the ground for our LIFE

III. In the sending of His curse bearing Son (vs. 10)
A. Without the condition of our love

B.  With a focus on the cross

C.  As the propitiation for our sins

IV. As our motivation (vs. 11)
A. If God loved

B.  Then we aught to love

Conclusion: