“God is Love” - “Not only is God the source of all true love; he is love in his inmost being. There are three other statements in the New Testament concerning what God is in substance and nature: he is ‘spirit’ (John 4:24), ‘light’ (1 John 1:5) and ‘a consuming fire’ (Heb. 12:29 from Deut. 4:24). He who is love is light and fire as well. Far from condoning sin, his love has found a way to expose it (because he is light) and to consume it (because he is fire) without destroying the sinner, but rather saving him (because he is love).” John R. W. Stott, The Letters of John, Tyndale New Testament Commentaries (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1988), 161.

Because God is love…