Perfect Love

Last time we talked about what love is. God is love – therefore we know what love is by looking at God. And in this the love of God is made manifest: by the incarnation – where the Son of God humbled himself and took on our flesh; and by the atonement – where the Son of God humbled himself even to the point of death on the cross.

If love is defined by the incarnation and the atonement then it should be clear that no mere mortal is capable of anything more than a pathetic facsimile of love.

And yet John refuses to come this conclusion! Indeed, John says that “God abides in us and his love is perfected in us!”