God set the standard for love, what it is and how it is lived out. I John 4:8 says that “God is love”. Love is that which motivates God to do what He has done for humanity. We see this is John 3:16, which says, “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son....”
Paul reminds us of this when in Romans 5:8 he writes, “But God showed his great love for us by sendin...