God is Love

By Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy

The Word of God in 1 John 4:7-12 says, Beloved, let us love
one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is
born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not, knoweth
not God; for God is love.
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Many people in the world today want to see God. They want
to know where God is. They are chasing after God. They are
still looking for God until now. But the question is where is
God? Where can we see God?
There are many religions today that are in search of God; in
whom God lives and where God can be found. As a matter of
fact,
There are more than 3,000 Christian religions,
more than 30 million Hindu gods and
thousands of other religions which all promise that if we
will join them, we will find God.
There are Three kinds of Love
philio Love- love towards your family members like
parents, grandparents, children and relatives BUT THIS
Love SOmetimes evaporates.
Eros Love- love in the flesh. This is your love for the
oppsite sex And that kind of love will fade.
AGAPE LOVE- TRUE, DIVINE LOVE. When Jesus Christ
came, He gave us the meaning of THIS KIND OF LOVE; a
love unchanging inspite of the circumstanceS; It is not
affected by hate, jealousy, etc. When you have seen
that kind of love, you have seen god.
John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only

begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.
John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down
his life for his friends.
Where can you find that unchanging and unconditional kind
of love?
You can find that kind of love in the Kingdom. Here, we
will not tell you where God is. we will show you who God
is. When you see love, you see God because God is
love.

1 John 4:7-8
(7) Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and
every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
(8) He that loveth not knoweth not God;
for God is love.

And we have known and

believed the love that
God hath to us. God is
love; and he that
dwelleth in love
dwelleth in God, and
God in him.

1 John 4:12
No man hath seen God at
any time. If we love
one
another,
God
dwelleth in us, and his
love is perfected in us.
1 John 4:16

We do not teach you where God is WE TEACH YOU HOW TO

FIND GOD?
The first thing we teach you when you want to enter into
the Kingdom and see God is that you must be cleansed.

How can you be cleansed?

You can only be cleansed when you repent of your sins
and say, Father I surrender myself to You. Not my will
but Your will be done in my life.
theN THE FATHER will take that filthy spirit of
disobedience out of you and will put a new spirit of
obedience within you. That new spirit will teach you the
will of God, until you grow in the spirit, Then, Gods love
is going to be perfected in you (1 John 4:10-12).
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE FATHERS LOVE IS PERFECTED IN
YOU?
NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US FROM THAT LOVE- (Romans
8:35-39
THAT LOVE WILL BE RESIDENT IN US BECAUSE WE ARE
BOUGHT WITH A PRICE (1 Corinthians 6:19)
WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER UNTIL all men know that We
are HIS disciples (John 13:34-35) That kind of love
transcends brotherhood and even the house of God,
AND encompasses our enemies. we do not have
enemies anymore. Our main enemy here is Satan.

His love will reside in man because He chose our body to be

His temple.

1 John 2:5
But whoso keepeth
his word, in him verily
is the love of God
perfected:hereby know
we that we are in him

2 John 1:6
And this is love, that
we walk after his
commandments. This is
the commandment, That,
as ye have heard from
the beginning, ye should
walk in it.

same shall judge him in

the last day.
John 5:39
Search the scriptures;
for in them ye think ye
have eternal life: and
they are they which
testify of me.

John 12:48
He that rejecteth me,
and receiveth not my
words, hath one that
judgeth him: the word
that I have spoken, the

What are other manifestations of love?

When you see a beautiful flower arrangement, you see a
creation of love. When you see orderliness and
cleanliness, you see love in action, because love is clean
and God is love.
You cannot say you love god but hate your brother at the
same time. Why?
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a
liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath
seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? (1
John 4:17-21)
Love creates but hate destroys.
As we look at the world outside, we see the deception of
Satan Lucifer the devil- race fighting against race, nation
against nation, religion battling against one another. But here
in the Kingdom, the supreme law is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the
greatest of these is charity.
Mark 12:30-31
(30) And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and
with all thy strength:this is the first commandment.
(31)
And
the
second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour
as thyself. There is none other commandment greater
than these.
Matthew 5:44-48
(44) But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them
that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray
for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

(45) That ye may be the children of your Father which is

in heaven:for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on
the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
(46) For if ye love them which love you, what reward have
ye? do not even the publicans the same?
(47) And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more
than others? do not even the publicans so?
(48) Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is
in heaven is perfect.
How can we show our love to our almighty father?
we will love the sinners and bring them to the house of
God
We are willing to sacrifice And We are branches that bear
fruits. (John 15:8)
We will refuse the temptations of the world; You will
stand amidst persecution and hardship
You will remain steadfast in faith; willing to die and lose
everything; share everything; and have dedicated your
whole life to the Father
Conclusion:
We thank the Father for that unfading, unending and
unchanging love we have found in Him. We have seen in him
the true, perfect love. As we look at the world outside, we see
the deception of - Satan. Race fighting against race, nation
fighting against nation, religion battling against one another
but here in the Kingdom, we have found the true peace,
because this is where He dwells. We have found true love
that is everlasting, love that cannot be bought with money,
and love that cannot be changed. We have found the love
that saves, the love that creates and the love that lives in our
hearts. God lives in our hearts today and God is love.

SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION.

1. Before, how do you define love? Now that you have
heard this message coming from the Appointed Son of
God, how did it change your perception about love?
2. How can you practice this kind of love on the daily basis?
3. Can you cite some experiences when you had shown
unconditional love and how do you feel about it?
4. If you have difficulty showing love to others, why is it so?