Changed by His Love
1 John 4:16: And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
Living in the atmosphere of mutual Christian love produces a personal knowledge of God’s love and fresh experience of faith in that love. Since God is love, (see verse 8) one who lives in love lives (“abides”) in God and has God abiding with him.
The last part of verse 16 ought to be taken as the conclusion of the paragraph, rather than the start of a new one. John again affirmed the reality of the abiding experience enjoyed by all Christians who love. 1
Loving Him
Is there anything hindering you from abiding with Him, every hour of everyday? If there is, are you willing to remove it in order to have perfect fellowship with Him?
I will love You, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:1–2
Loving Others
To abide in God means you will camp out forever with Him.
Make Me Like You
Lord, thank You for allowing me to abide with You all the days of my life.
1. Walvoord, J. F., & Zuck, R. B., Dallas Theological Seminary. (1985). The Bible Knowledge Commentary.
