in relationship with the Lord Jesus for several decades after Jesus went to be with the Father: We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. (1 John 4:14–16 NKJV) Note this one little phrase in the passage: “known and believed the love that God has for
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