The author identifies the love of God for his own people as one of the most amazing revelations in Jesus' high-priestly prayer in John 17. The author summarises this revelation by noting that God loves all true believers as much as he loves his Son.
God is love, and God is good. These are well known phrases. What do they mean really? This article explains.
The author attempts to communicate the deep truths of the love of God for his children by considering the love that he as a father has for his own children.
In this article the author gives grounds for his belief in the Reformed teaching of God's saving love and electing grace. He makes reference to the gospel of John as well as to the first letter of John, especially 1 John 4:8.
This article helpfully outlines some key features about the love of God.
Does the Bible tell us the reasons for God's election? In other words, is there a reason God chose you? This article explains that though God could have custom-crafted his children, he chose out of love those who had nothing special to offer.
We all ought to delight in God's tenderness to the lowly. God exalts his greatness by loving the orphan and widow and alien.
This article is about the question: Does God love unconditionally? What do we mean by conditional love or unconditional love?
What does the Bible mean when it speaks about the jealousy of God? This article explains by pointing to ten things you need to know about God's jealousy.
How should we respond to the love of God? When you understand that God loves you as he loves the Son, then you can only respond with wonder. The article explains this based on John 17:23, 26.
Observing that the love of God is immeasurable and unconditional, the author exhorts believers to seek that love yet keep in mind that they have limitations in their ability to totally grasp it.
This article offers five truths about the love of God. It speaks about his inter-Trinitarian love, his providential love, his love for the world, his love for his elect, and his conditional love.
What does "God is love" mean? To understand the love of God, this article contrasts it with the object of God's love. Then it defines and describes God's love. It explains the implications this has for the believer.
Does God love all men? This article turns to John 3:16 to answer this question on the love of God. It shows that "the world" cannot mean everyone. What does it mean? Let the article explain.
What is the meaning and significance of the statement "God is love" (1 John 4:8)? The author introduces his concern that the true meaning of the love of God be understood.
This essay considers the love of the Father for the Son (John 3:35). It explores how the Gospel of John views the relationship between the Father and the Son and the significance of this relation for man as son of God. This leads to a consideration of the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ as God’s beloved Son.
Deuteronomy 32:9-10 and Zechariah 2:8 are texts which speak of God's love and care for His church, and the way salvation flows from His love.
Does the Father love us because of his Son? It may surprise you to know that the answer is "No." This article explains why: the basis of God's love for us is his election of us.
This article describes a believer's experiencing the love of God. It touches on aspects such as the sonship that God's love communicates to the believer, the work of the Spirit in the believer, and the response that a believer ought to give, having received the love of God.
Chapter 1 is about love as an attribute of God. The author directs his readers to consider how this love is manifested in the Trinity, and how the glory of this love is seen in Jesus Christ and the salvation of man.
Chapter 1 attempts to show why humans cannot know and understand and embrace the love of God without first being renewed by that same love.
This article considers whether God loves everybody in the same way. It shows five different ways that Scripture speaks of the love of God.
The article explores the attribute of the love of God. It describes love as a character of God with respect to other attributes such as his omnipotence, omniscience, holiness, and justice. The article also explores ways in which God's love is involved in the salvation of God's people.
This article considers the words of John Owen and Geerhardus Vos as they reflect on the Father's everlasting love for us in Christ.
This article expounds on the topic of the fear of God and how it intersects with the love we are to have for God. This article also touches on God's love of benevolence and his love of complacency.
This chapter wants to serve as a correction of distortions of the love of God. Carson contrasts the distortions with the biblical picture of God's love.
In the book of 1 John, the apostle John points out much about the character of God to the Christians to whom he is writing. He has taught them that God is Light, He is Spirit, He is eternal. He is a Father. But perhaps the most clear picture he gives of God is that God is love. The article discusses the meaning of 1 John 4:7-21.
