God Is Love

Trinity Church of Portland - Sermons

This morning we continued our Advent series "The Light Has Come” focusing on the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ. This sermon is titled "God Is Love" and was preached by Pastor Thomas Terry is from 1 John 4:7-10.

In this text we see the importance of properly defining the word “love” according to God’s definition. We believe in truth and therefore we know that words have meaning. Love in our culture has been distorted and misdefined using circular confusion and sentimentalism. John is teaching that God is the source of love, and the origin of love. God’s love lives in the tension of grace and holiness as we learn that God gave so that we could live—that is he sent the Lord Jesus to love us and cause us to live by taking away his wrath.