The Gospel Alphabet: "L" for "Love"

“L”—Love

The Gospel is the revelation of God’s abounding love: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Rom 5:8). We need to immerse ourselves and the saints we serve in that Good News.

The ordinance of the Lord’s Supper, for example, is an ongoing reminder of Christ crucified (1 Cor 11:26). God’s Gospel love also calls forth love as response. The Lord’s Supper both declares God’s love and demands that we love one another in turn (1 Cor 11:27).

The Apostle John makes this clear. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another (1 Jn 4:10-11).

And again he writes, We love because he first loved us (1 Jn 4:19). To see love grow in the hearts of God’s people and reach to their neighbors, we must school them continuously in the Gospel of love.