God’s Love and Ours
1 John 4:7-21
“His self-giving affection for his image-bearing creatures and his unselfish concern for their well-being, that leads him to act on their behalf and for their happiness and welfare”. — Jack Cottrell
"The peculiar love of the Father, for the Son, and the Son for the Father” - D.A. Carson
“God’s providential love over all that he has made” - D.A. Carson
“God’s salvific stance toward his fallen world” - D.A. Carson
“God’s particular, effective, selecting love toward the elect” - D.A. Carson
“God’s love . . . directed toward his own people in a provisional or conditional way - conditioned, that is, on obedience”
- D.A. Carson The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God
Sermon Notes:
God’s Love and Ours - Description (4:7-12)
God’s Love and Ours - Center (4:13-16a)
God’s Love and Ours - Confidence (4:16b-18)
God’s Love and Ours - Practical (4:19-21)
