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Today we talk about love and being loved by God. Should we think that “Jesus died for me, so the least I can do for Jesus is love and obey him”? Gregg suggests that we compare this view with someone what might be a realistic response if you believed that someone had saved your life or the life of your child: Would you respond by loving and obeying that person? John proposes something different.
The discussion moves on to consider the goodness of God relative to the typical Christian understanding that those who reject God merit eternal punishment. How can we see God as good if we embrace this view?
Next, with reference to Francis Chan’s Crazy Love, Gregg focuses on the nature of love. What does it mean to ‘understand’ love? Gregg suggests that love is foremost a relational reality to be experienced versus an idea to be grasped.
We end by considering why John does not experience God’s love.