This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:12-13
Love is not something you choose to do and make a part of your life as a Christian. You are commanded to walk in Love as a child of God for God is Love… 1 John 4:8 says, “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” The law was put before us and no man has ever kept it, Jesus came to this earth to fulfill the law that we could not and to pave the way back to God… Through Christ, we were taken from the state of sin into our current state which is grace… Under grace, Christ gives us a new commandment to abide by and this commandment is “love…” The bible says that love covers a multitude of sins and love (1 Corinthians 13) is better than anything we have in life… “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” Jesus informs us today of the foundational commandment that we must live by as a child of God… He says, “That ye love one another, as I have loved you…” Love is the building block of our salvation, John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son…” If it was not for love, God would not have sent His son, if it wasn’t for love, Jesus wouldn’t have died on the cross… Love is more than just speaking words; true love is the ability to act for the greater good of another despite the pain, torment or agony that you may encounter… It would not have been enough if Jesus would have simply said I love mankind (just as we do today), but didn’t act toward showing it… Jesus demonstrated His love when He allowed Himself to be beaten and crucified. Jesus demonstrated His love when He gave up the ghost… Let us stop speaking words of love, and start demonstrating our love toward each other through our actions…
ALL FOR HIS GLORY!
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