Love one another ....
And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing. Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with truth; bears all things, believes a things, hopes all things, ...endures all things. Love never fails...But now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Cor. 13:3-8, 13.
And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing. Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with truth; bears all things, believes a things, hopes all things, ...endures all things. Love never fails...But now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Cor. 13:3-8, 13.
Love never fails. In a world where everything seems to fail - where daily we are discouraged by the news and the ever increasing selfish demands of our culture, by violence and hedonism - it is good to know that love, the true deep abiding love of God, never fails us...
And we are taught to love one another..."A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love one another." John 13:34-35.
The world, when it looks upon Christians, should see this love that we have for one another - the same love Jesus showed us. This is the greatest testimony of all.
It is also a mark of our salvation: "And by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments." 1John2:3. He commanded us to love one anther with the same depth of love that he showed us when he took the sins of the world upon his shoulders and died to pay the price for them. 1John3:16.
Upon this example of His great love for us, we are to base our love for one another. 1John4:11.
If our testimony is to have meaning, it is time to follow Jesus' commandments: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and body. Love your neighbor as yourself. Love one another the way He loved us. If we just do these things in our daily walk, imagine what a change, what an impact our living testimony could be to the world.
Amen.
And we are taught to love one another..."A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love one another." John 13:34-35.
The world, when it looks upon Christians, should see this love that we have for one another - the same love Jesus showed us. This is the greatest testimony of all.
It is also a mark of our salvation: "And by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments." 1John2:3. He commanded us to love one anther with the same depth of love that he showed us when he took the sins of the world upon his shoulders and died to pay the price for them. 1John3:16.
Upon this example of His great love for us, we are to base our love for one another. 1John4:11.
If our testimony is to have meaning, it is time to follow Jesus' commandments: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and body. Love your neighbor as yourself. Love one another the way He loved us. If we just do these things in our daily walk, imagine what a change, what an impact our living testimony could be to the world.
Amen.
Loving doesn't mean agreeing with or condoning someone's actions - but it does mean respecting and valuing them.
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