1 John 4:8 and 1 John 4:16 both contain the statement, “God is love.” Perhaps some of us have never considered that this requires that God be a Trinity. The Gospel Coalition recently published a short article that explores this important truth. Along the way it asserts, “If God were not a Trinity but merely a solitary divinity, he could neither be love nor be God.” The article is actually an excerpt from Jared Wilson’s new book Unparalleled: How Christianity’s Uniqueness Makes It Compelling (Baker Books, 2016).
Here is a link to that excerpt:
–Pastor Greg