ACC ~ 1 John 4 v10

IN THIS IS LOVE. JOHN CASSIAN: The perfect love with which God first loved us will come into our hearts, for our faith tells us that this prayer of our Savior will not be in vain. CONFERENCE 10.7.

NOT THAT WE LOVED GOD. BEDE: We come to God not by our own merits but by the be-stowal of his grace alone, as John bears witness when he says that we did not love God but rather he loved us. HOMILIES ON THE GOSPELS 2.3.

THE EXPIATION FOR OUR SINS. BEDE: This is the greatest sign of God’s love for us: when we were not yet able to seek him because of our many sins, he sent his Son to us, so that he might grant forgiveness to all who believe in him and call us back into the fellowship of his fatherly glory. ON 1 JOHN.

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