Gospel.com Topics Feed - He First Loved Us 2009-10-05T16:23:53-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/he+first+loved+us/ He first loved us - a Christian perspective http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%204:19&version=NIV 2009-10-05T16:23:53-05:00 Why are we to love others? Because God loves us, and did so even when we were living in sin, opposed to Him. God's love for us models the love we are to show to others.