God Is Love Series

12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made perfect in us.

Since God’s love is all ready PERFECT (it’s pure…it’s without blemish) the phrase “His love is made perfect in us” actually has to do with perfecting US. Another translation says, “But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is made COMPLETE in us.”

(A. “You complete me”)

Do you remember that phrase from the movie: Jerry Mcquire? It’s cheesy. It’s stupid. But that’s because it’s inaccurate!

It‘s GOD‘S love and God‘s love alone that completes us; it makes us whole and gives significance to our lives.

And you KNOW people who try to find significance and purpose and fulfillment through of a LOT of things, don’t you? Alcohol. A big Salary. A big home. Kids. But what they fail to realize is all of those things will leave them feeling empty.

Let GOD’S love be what you live for. Let God’s love for you be what gives you significance. Let God’s love be what fills your life!

And when God’s love is lived out through your life…what will be the result?

B. People will see God!

John says, No one has seen God. But if we love one another…God can be seen in you!

Jesus put it this way: Matthew 5:15 “In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your father in heaven.”

Let God’s love fill you. Let God’s love PER-FECT your life.

And lastly: God’s love is a

IV. SAVING Love (vs. 14) (preserving)

Finally, John announces in verse 14:

“And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.”

You see, God did not send His son to die on the cross just to prove that He loves us, but to SAVE us! God’s love for us is one that wants to change us - from sinner to sanctified. And the reason that matters to God is because is HOLY! He can’t be in the presence of sin.

We are sinners. (Romans 3:23)

But God wants to be in our presence.

But He can’t because we are sinners.

But God wants to be in our presence.

But He can’t because we are sinners.

So this is the conundrum. What is the solution?

Ahhhh. It’s Jesus! Because Jesus came to be God’s love in the flesh!

And now you understand the gravity, seriousness, and depth of this verse:

(John 3:16)

16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Jesus, driven by his limitless love, came into this world to become our Savior…to demonstrate God’s SAVING LOVE!

CONCLUSION: With so many different concepts of love - so many different takes on this powerful four letter word - it is comforting to know that Christians need not be confused: “God IS love.” God’s love is personal, proven, perfecting and saving.

If something has been missing in your life, or you sometimes feel unloved, Jesus invites you to experience the soul-changing love of God. It is only by the love of God that this life takes on real meaning and we can find true purpose in living. So today, if you want to be on the receiving end of God’s love as demonstrated through His son Jesus Christ, won’t you come forward as together, we stand and sing.