For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

“Behold, what manner of love the father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 1 John 3:1

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.” 1 John 4:7-11

John wrote five books in the Bible,
HIs theme, the love of God.
In every human heart,
It hath been shed abroad.
Within these short epistles,
Thirty-eight times the word.
The disciple who saw heaven’s rainbow,
Had witnessed the love of God.
He committed himself to telling,
The Gospel of God’s good news.
“Herein is love, not that we loved God.”But that He loved me and you!

“Heaven, My Father’s Country”, Ivor Powell. page 109