Homilist 1 John 4:8 He that loves not knows not God; for God is love. I. The loving heart, not the INQUIRING INTELLECT. II. The loving heart, not the CREATIVE IMAGINATION. Imagination has swept the universe, and yet failed to discover God. III. The loving heart, not the EXCITED CONSCIENCE. The excited conscience has formulated a God, but it has been a God of vengeance, wrath, and fury. God is only known to the loving. If I know the controlling feelings of a being, I know him, though I may be ignorant of his person and his history. Profoundly philosophical, therefore, is the statement that "He that loveth not, knoweth not God." (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. |
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