READ: 1 John 3:1-3

The Love of God the Father is demonstrated in His Manner, Means, Matter, and Method through His Son. Because of His work of salvation, those who believe are given the right to be called children of God.- John 1:12-13 - 1 John 3:1 - “See what kind of love (means) the Father has given (manner) to us, that we should be called children of God; (matter) and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

“What kind of love” is not meant to make us think about what God’s love is like, but to tell us what the quality of God’s love is. The manner, means, matter, and method of His Love is Christ, the complete and perfect expression of th ...