What is the essential character or nature of God?

(1 John 4:8)

(Jonah 4:2)

(Micah 7:18) When Moses asked to be shown God's glory, what did he see?

(Exodus 34:6,7) How has God manifested His love to us?

(Genesis 1:26, 27, 31)

(Psalms 145:15, 16)

Note: Read also Matt 6:25- 33

(1 John 4:9)

(John 3:16)

(1 John 4:10)

(Romans 5:8) How can we know and understand God's love towards us?

(John 1:18)

(Matthew 11:27)

(John 14:9)

Note: In spite of the many evidences of God's love for us that we can see in the things of nature and understand by the tenderest and closest earthly relationships, all these represent His love only imperfectly. Jesus came to live among us in order to reveal to us the infinite love of God in its fullest manifestation. All that we need to know, or can know, about God is seen in the life of his Son, Jesus Christ. How did Jesus describe his work here on earth - the work that was to demonstrate to men what God is like?

(Luke 4:18). What do we see of the love of God in the earthly life of Jesus?

(Matthew 8:16)

Note: Whole villages were left without a moan of sickness anywhere in them, for he had passed through and healed all the sick. Love, mercy, and compassion were revealed in every action of his life. His heart went out in sympathy to the children of men.

( Mark 10:14, 16)

Note: The poorest and humblest of men were not afraid to approach him. Even little children were attracted to him. They loved to climb upon his knees and gaze into his face filled with love.

(John 8:11)

Note: Jesus did not censure human weakness. He did not treat sin lightly, nor excuse it, but he was always quick to forgive and encourage a sensitive, sin-stricken soul. Everyone was precious in his sight, and in all men he saw fallen souls whom it was his mission to save.

(Matthew 23:37)

Note: Jesus spoke the truth, but always in love. He denounced hypocrisy, unbelief, and sin, but tears were in his his voice as he uttered his scathing rebukes. He wept over Jerusalem, the people he loved, although they had refused to receive him. They rejected him, but he regarded them with pitying tenderness. Such is the character of Jesus as revealed in his life here on earth. This is also the character of God. What is the greatest evidence of God's love as revealed in the life of Jesus?

(John 10:17)

Note: In other words God loves us so much, that he even loves Jesus more for giving his life to redeem us. By becoming our substitute and dying for us on the cross, Jesus endeared himself to his father because of the intense love God has for fallen men and women. How do we know that the death of Jesus was not made in order to create a love for us in the father's heart - to make him willing to save us?

(2 Corinthians 19)

(John 3:16). .. What do we become as a result of God's great love for us manifested in his son?

(1 John 3:1)... . . Can anything separate us from God's love?

( Romans 8:38, 39)