He Loved First (1 John 4:19)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

Bible Study, Spirituality, Devotional, Bible, Christianity, Prayer, Christian, Religion & Spirituality, David Platt, John Piper, Pray, Louie Giglio, Baptist, Radical

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🗓️ 25 May 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on 1 John 4:19, David Platt explains how the Bible clearly teaches that God is love. Explore more content from Radical.

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0:00.0	Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.
0:05.1	1 John 419, we love because he first loved us.
0:11.8	Kind of like 1st John 1.19.
0:13.7	This is a really well-known verse from 1st John because of its simple, short, significant, beautiful reality. The reality that we love, period.
0:32.3	We love God. We love others because He first loved us.
0:41.1	How does that work?
0:42.3	Well, you think about it, the Bible clearly teaches.
0:45.8	First John talks about how God is love.
0:50.7	Love originates in God. Love comes from God. Without God, there is no love. God is the author of love. He is the fountain of love. So any love in us, where does it come from? It comes from God and His love toward us.
1:13.2	So what is the first and greatest commandment?
1:15.7	Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.
1:20.0	Isn't that an interesting command?
1:22.5	Love God.
1:24.0	We're commanded to love.
1:26.6	How does this work? Well, when we realize how much God loves us,
1:33.2	when we realize how lovely God is, then it just makes sense to love Him. With all our heart and all of our soul and all of our mind, all of our strength
1:46.6	to be in relationship with him that is marked by love. I would just pause there and ask the
1:53.9	question, is that a description of your relationship with God? Like love. Is that central in your relationship with God?
2:03.4	Do you love Him?
2:04.6	Do you love thinking about Him?
2:06.6	Love listening to Him in His Word.
2:09.6	You love obeying Him.
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