Love is often described as a kind of pleasant, irrational emotion.God’s love goes much beyond that, as the Bible demonstrates. It is powerful, eternal, and the source of God’s redemptive actions. Ten passages from the Bible that show you how much God loves people have been gathered by us.
1. Isaiah 54:8
“The Lord, your Redeemer, says, ‘I hid My face from you for a moment out of overflowing anger, but I will have compassion on you with everlasting love.'”
2. Jeremiah 31:3
“I have remained faithful to you because I have loved you with an eternal love.”
3. John 3:16
God sent his only Son so that everyone who trusts in Him would not perish but instead have eternal life because He loves the world that much.
4. John 13:1
“Now, before the Passover Feast, knowing that the time had come for Him to go from this world to the Father, Jesus loved his own who were in it, even to the point of death.”
5. John 15:9
I have loved you in the same way that the Father has loved Me (Jesus). Stay in my affection, please.
6. John 16:27
“Because you have loved Me and accepted that I am a divine being, the Father Himself loves you.”
7. Ephesians 1:4-5
“According to the plan of His will, he predestined us in love for adoption to Himself as sons through Jesus Christ.”
8. 1 John 3:16
“This, that he [=Jesus Christ] gave his life for us, is how we know love.”
9. 1 John 4:10
“What is love in this situation is not that we have loved God, but rather that He has loved us and sent His Son to atone for our sins.”
10. Revelation 1:5-6
“To Him be praise and dominion forever and ever, who loves us, has cleansed us from our sins by His blood, and has made us a kingdom, priests to His God and Father. Amen.
