"Because He First Loved Us" (1 Jn 4:7-21) - P. Seung Kim, Dec. 13, 2020

Introduction
• The main point is that God _ _ _ _ _ loved us in Jesus, so that we might (1) _ _ _ _ through him and (2) _ _ _ _ others like him.

1) _ _ _ through him
• Before Jesus, we were _ _ _ _ in sin. But in Christ, we live. How? "God sent Jesus to be the
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for our sins" (v.10).
• The love of God must be understood in light of the _ _ _ _ _ of God. We live through Jesus because he took on the wrath of God. We can have _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of not going to hell on the day of judgment because of Christ (v.17).

2) _ _ _ _ others like him
• Being loved by God leads to loving _ _ _ _ _ _ like him (v.11, 19).
• To love like God is _ _ _ _. How did God love us? In truth (Jesus and his obedience). So, the love of God must be understood in light of the _ _ _ _ _ of God.

Conclusion