We are starting a new series this evening in which we are going to examine God’s love and how his love is to change who we are and how we live. Now it is important to remember the purpose that the apostle John has for writing his first letter. John says he writes these things so that our joy may be full (1 John 1:4). John also states at the end of this letter than he is writing these things so that you may know that you have eternal life (1 John 5:13). One of the important ways that we can have complete joy and know that we have eternal life is by knowing the love of God. You might remember that the apostle Paul prayed that God’s people would know the love of Christ that surpasses understanding so that you may be filled with the fullness of God (cf. Ephesians 3:19). Grasping the love of God in Christ is everything for sustaining us for our walking with God in this life. So open your copies of God’s word to 1 John 3 and we are going to begin our study there…

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