GOD IS LOVE

 

 
God is love.
I John 4:8
 
THIS is a most beautiful representation of the Most High;
  and what is best of all, it is his own representation.
 
God is sometimes angry,
  but he is always love.
 
The opposite of love is not in him,
  nor could ever be displayed by him.
 
His love is a perfection;
  it appears in all he does, in all he says;
  it is the leading feature of his character.
 
If God is love,
  surely we shall not tremble and fear before him.
 
Can love harm us?
Can love spurn us from his throne?
Can love refuse us any really good thing?
 
It is impossible.
 
If God is love,
 let us expect all good things from him.
He will give them.
He will give them readily.
He will give them as often as we need them.
 
God is love, or else he had 

  never entered into covenant to secure our salvation.
 
God is love, or else he had 

  not given us his exceeding great and precious promises.
 
God is love or else he had 

  not sent his own dear Son to suffer and die for us.
 
God is love, or else he would 

  not have given us his Holy Spirit.
 
God is love to every penitent sinner,
  to every returning backslider,
  to every tired and tempted believer.
 
Better than this he cannot be;
  worse than this, he will not be.
 

Ye doubting souls, who full of fears,

The ways of God approve;

Dismiss your guilty fears and come,

Believe that God is love.

 
James Smith 1849