“Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” 1 John 4:15-16 (NASB)
These words, of course are about people who have believed in Jesus as their Savior. There is a great change in our lives when we believe in Jesus. God comes into our lives and we become a part of His family. That is something that should cause great joy to overflow in our hearts and minds. We read in today's verses that we know and we rely through faith-believing on the love God has for us. Before we believed we have likely heard about God's love for us, and after we believed we begin to experience God’s love as He comes into our lives. It is by this love that we are made a part of God's family and can actually abide in God as God abides in us. The word 'abides' has the meaning “to remain” and “to last” and our abiding in love, and in God, and God in us, is to be a permanent condition. Let us today be thankful that through the love of God, we are in God and God is in us. We can know and believe God is love.
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