When you RECOGNIZE “REAL” LOVE it means you KNOW what it is when you “SEE” it. It means you can READILY identify REAL LOVE. It means you can personally acknowledge that REAL LOVE truly exists. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is [REAL]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “… “I AM” WHO I AM…” (Exodus 3:14-15 NASB).
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Therefore, “…This is REAL LOVE…” (1 John 4:10 NLT). “…This is REAL LOVE—NOT that we loved God…” (1 John 4:10 NLT). “…THIS IS LOVE: NOT that we loved God, but that he… [really]… loved us …” (1 John 4:10 NIV). “…THIS IS LOVE: NOT that we loved God, but that he …[really] … loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins…” (1 John 4:10 NIV).
God’s REAL LOVE DROVE him to do something in order to communicate and demonstrate his LOVE to mankind: He sent his son. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is [REAL]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God SO LOVED the world that he gave (SENT) his only begotten Son…” (John 3:16 KJV). “…He loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins…” (1 John 4:10 NIV).
He “IS” their FIRST “REAL” love. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…Herein is ...[REAL]…love, not that we loved God, but that HE [first] LOVED US...” (1 John 4:10 KJV).
God loves FIRST. God knows and intends for mankind to BENEFIT from his REAL LOVE for them. “…God SHOWED HIS …[REAL] … LOVE FOR US by “SENDING” Christ to die for us WHILE we were still sinners…” (Romans 5:7-9 NLT). “… the just for the unjust, that he might BRING US to God…” (1 Peter 3:18 KJV). Obviously, God’s REAL LOVE is “NOT” “…self-seeking…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).
