How firm a foundation,

Ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

God is light, God is love, God is life.

That's what we're learning in the New Testament book of First John.

Welcome to Through the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee.

I'm Steve Schwartz, your host.

And in just a few moments, we're going to arrive at our final message in the epistle of

First John.

But first, let's listen to another great introduction by Dr. McGee.

Now, I have spoken before to some extent about the three great attributes of God that are

mentioned here in this epistle.

One is God is light.

It means God is holy, he's righteous.

Everything God does is right, and he will punish sin. He must,

since he's the judge of the entire universe. But God is love, and God loves mankind.

Obviously, that's the reason we are created. And how God could love us is a little difficult,

but that's the demonstration that I think he's giving to the created intelligences of this

universe. They knew the power of God, and they knew all about the tremendous wisdom of God.

But they did not know how much God loved until he created a man

that rebelled against God and today tries to live his life apart from God and without God,

and he's a lost creature, and God lets him go on. God lets him breathe his hair, walk on his earth, use his sunshine,

and God doesn't charge him a thing. But God is going to hold him responsible. Now, the third thing,

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