God is Love

Bridgetown Audio Podcast

Bridgetown Church

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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1 John 4V8-10 with Tyler Staton At the center of our faith is this stunning reality: God is love (1 John 4v8). This means that love isn’t just something God does—it’s who he is. Out of this very nature, God created life and sent his Son into the world. He did not do this in response to our love for him, but because he first loved us (1 John 4v9–10). As followers of Jesus, we are invited to receive that love deeply and let it shape our whole lives. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

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0:00.0	Whoever does not love does not know God because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us.
0:20.3	He send his one and only son into the world that we might live through him.
0:26.6	This is love, not that we love God, but that he loved us first and sent his son as an atoning
0:34.3	sacrifice for our sins.
0:36.7	This is the word of the Lord.
0:38.1	Thanks, be to God.
0:40.6	You can have a seat.
0:43.9	Let's try a thought experiment together.
0:47.9	Picture and acquaintance.
0:49.2	Not a close friend, but not a complete stranger either.
0:52.5	A coworker at your office, a classmate at school,
0:55.9	a neighbor that you greet while walking the dog,
0:59.4	another parent that you're polite to at daycare drop-off.
1:02.7	Picture a real-life acquaintance.
1:06.8	First person that comes to mind.
1:10.2	You got somebody?
1:11.6	Okay, now, I want you to imagine that he or she just said to you,
1:16.6	hey, by the way, I've been meaning to ask,
1:18.6	because I know you go to church and stuff,
1:21.6	what do you think about God?
1:23.6	And I want you to picture that person's reaction if you were to respond.
1:28.4	Oh, wow, huge question.
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