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1 JOHN 4:8

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 31, 1915

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 42, No. 34.

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1 JOHN 4:8

"He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love."

1 JOHN 4:8

This text is a definition, so to speak, of God. Atheism is "no god." Pantheism is "all god." Christianity is one God, and He is God of love.
This text gives us, in concrete form, as far as human language can, a statement concerning God's character — God is love, and love only. He is nothing else but love; and all the acts He ever performed — all His dealings with the human family, with nations as well as individuals — have been acts of love.