Proposition # 29: According to 1 John 4:8, 16, “God is love.” Love, an eternal attribute of God, existed before the creation of the universe. Whom did God love before the creation of Adam, if there were not distinct persons within the Godhead?”

Response: To limit God’s love to human understanding and experience is absurd. For us, love is, primarily, an emotion. For God, love is a foundational character attribute (1 John 4:8; 1 John 4:16) which underlies His mercy, generosity, justice, holiness, creativity and all His other qualities.

Christian love is more than an emotion; it is showing dignity and respect due fellow creatures made in God’s image. Have you ever met someone whose personality you found disagreeable? Yet you treated that … Read the rest