1 John 4:11-12 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another,God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
2007-11-18 09:26:53 · 7 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God loved us so much that He gave His only begotten son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sins so that whom ever believes could have everlasting life. When we love one another, especially those who have not yet believed in Him, then the love of God is manifested in us towards them. When others see Christ in us in our actions and words, it will be easier for them to accept that God loves them. God bless you!!!
2007-11-18 10:00:17 · answer #1 · answered by Virginia B (John 16:33) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I John 4:11, 12 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
vs. 11 God's sending His Son gives Christians not only salvation privilege, but obligation to follow this pattern of sacrificial love. Christian love must be self-sacrificing like God's love.
vs. 12 John introduces the reader to the third of 5 reasons why Christians love because love is the heart of Christian witness. Nobody can see God loving since His love is invisible. Jesus no longer is in the world to manifest the love of God. The only demonstration of God's love in this age is the church. That testimony is critical (John 13:35; II Cor. 5:18-20). John's argument in vv. 7-12 can be summed up as love originated in God, was manifested in His Son, and demonstrated in His people.
2007-11-18 11:59:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This verse is one of the compilations of Miracles that John, brother of James, collected. This story is about a number of things but here is my take on it. Jesus greets us at the well. He asks us for something very available to us to give him . "Please give me a drink" . ( Please sit with me give me your time, your peace,your love , for just a moment.) We, like the Samaritan woman, do not think we are worthy to be in his presence. Jesus gives us his word, "If you knew who you were talking too you would ask me for living water".
Jesus then " convicted" the woman of her sins, Jesus let her know that he knew. He then tells her where her salvation comes from. The woman amazed tells others. The disciples come back and wonder what he's up to and tells Jesus to eat something. Jesus tells them he is nourished by doing God's will. His will is to spread the Good News of Salvation just as the Samaritan woman does.
This is so rich in meaning. It's about God using anybody and everybody to tell the Good News. It's about how sinners are worthy enough to ask God for salvation and tell others about their own "personal" experience. It was a 'teaching" moment for his disciples at the very least and a "saving" moment for the woman at the well. But it also tells how Jesus himself sees the path to Salvation. See vs 21-26 of John 4.
Oh, and people have seen God. Both in the Old and very much in the new. We saw God when we saw Jesus. We still see God today. Look for him you will find him.
2007-11-18 09:49:55 · answer #3 · answered by jntlmnjm 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pretty straighforward. Christians should love one another. It is through our mutual love that the loving presence of God will be felt by people in this love-starved world.
2007-11-18 09:32:15 · answer #4 · answered by Averell A 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To me this verse is saying that we should love each other as god loves us, that if we love each other and treat each other right then God lives in our heart.
Because another verse say " How can you love God whom you haven't seen, and hate your brother who you have seen?"
2007-11-18 09:35:47 · answer #5 · answered by kathy h 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1 John 4:11-19 (King James Version)
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
19We love him, because he first loved us.
2007-11-18 09:42:19 · answer #6 · answered by deacon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's all about love and god.
2007-11-18 09:49:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋