Love that Warns
1 John 4:7-8 20-21 NKJV Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
20 If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
We love because He first loved us. This foundational truth reminds us that God's love isn't passive; it's active, pursuing, and protective.
A loving father doesn't let his children wander toward a cliff without shouting. Throughout Scripture, God's warnings are expressions of His love, not His anger.
Even in the most sobering passages of Revelation, we see a God who restrains evil, limits judgment, and offers repeated opportunities for repentance.
His warnings aren't meant to terrify us into submission but to awaken us to the reality of sin's consequences.
Today, thank God for His loving warnings in your life.
Where is He calling you back from the edge? His shouts of warning are whispers of love.
Grace and Peace
Lars