First John is more of a fatherly sermon like a warning written by Apostle John to his people. He was in Ephesus when he wrote this & supervising churches facing crisis. A group denied that Jesus came as a 100% human which is influenced by Greek-beliefs (a great separation between God & man; spiritual & secular). They thought if Jesus claims to be God then how can He be man? It’s impossible! God cannot die.The power of the cross is that Jesus is 100% God & 100% man. This cannot be grasped by the human mind. The whole cross had zero effect. After writing this, John was exiled to Patmos & wrote the Book of Revelation.

The Only God that can love is a Trinitarian God. When we say “God is love,” it’s unique to other religions. Unthinkable! A God who chose to come down to earth, the Son of God eternally in the heavens, Infinite God chose to be limited as a man, lived among us, so He could die for our sins & rise from the dead. He chose to be God-Man, forever. Divine Infinity. 

I hope as you read 1 John, it’s not just about our relationship with God, but His wanting to have this close relationship with us. God became man that He could be with man. May God bless you with this thought. May you love this God!