3. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. … We love because he first loved us. (1 John 4:10, 19, NIV)

4. God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

5. 1)It’s a pursuing love! “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” (Jeremiah 31:3, NIV)

6. 1)It’s a pursuing love! “… the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” (Luke 19:10, NIV)

7. 1)It’s a pursuing love! Though [Christ] was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. (Philippians 2:6-7, NLT)

8. 2) It’s a touchable love! The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us … (John 1:14)

9. 2) It’s a touchable love! We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life. (1 John 1:1, NLT)

10. 3) It’s a demonstrated love! You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. … But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6, 8, NIV)

11. 4) It’s a redeeming love! But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. (Ephesians 2:13, NIV)

12. This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. (1 John 3:16, NIV)