God Is Love

Dr. J. I. Packer in Knowing God makes an interesting contrast in two statements he makes about “God is love”. First of all he says that “God is love” is not the complete truth about God so far as the bible is concerned. Secondly he says that “God is love” is the complete truth about God so far as the Christian is concerned. “God is love means that His love finds expression in everything that he says and does. For instance in Romans 8:28: AND WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THEM THAT LOVE GOD, TO THEM WHO ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. Paul is declaring that every single thing that happens to him expresses God’s love to him and comes to him for the furthering of God’s purpose for him”.