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Aug 21, 2023 · Putting Peter’s admonition to “love each other deeply” alongside other passages of Scripture (such as 1 Corinthians 13:4–7; Matthew 22:37–39; 1 John 4:7–8; Romans 13:10), we clearly see that love should be the believer’s highest concern.
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First, there’s a different source of these two loves. First John 4:19 says, “We love because he first loved us.” And how did he first love us? Well, John says in 1 John 3:16, “By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.” So, Christian love is rooted in Christ’s sacrifice for me and f...
Second, Christian love is sustained and shaped by the work of God’s Spirit, where secular love isn’t. Paul calls it the “fruit of the Spirit” in Galatians 5:22. It is the Spirit that takes the death of Christ, causes it to be real for us, and gives us new hearts so that the death of Christ has a love-producing effect on us. First John 3:14says, “We...
Third and finally, Christian love has a different goal — not an entirely different goal, but a radically different goal. It’s not entirely different from the unbeliever who loves. It’s not entirely different because secular love often aims at the physical and emotional and psychological and relational and economic well-being of other people. And Ch...
And when someone asks, “Is it truly love for a person if we are motivated by the hope that God will be glorified through our love for this person?” I know people ask that question. I’ve heard it recently. And the answer is yes, it is love — the greatest love. The reason the answer is yes — it is love when you love someone in order that God would be...
Oct 18, 2019 · John affirmed that love for Christ is authenticated by obedience to Christ (John 14:15–23). He also pointed out that love for fellow Christians is the defining mark of true Christianity (John 13:34–35) and the dividing line between God’s children and Satan’s children (1 John 3:4–10).
Jun 6, 2016 · Developing the virtue of love is a central Christian moral concern. Signs point to the Christian understanding of love being closer to Shakespeare’s many splendored thing. “Benevolence alone is not love.”
Oct 8, 2007 · Thus the bottom line of Unselfish Christian Love is to love God in the neighbor staking your happiness in the will and loving care of your risen Savior. Love one another as I have loved you, this is my new commandment I give (Jn. 13:34; it is His commandment, Jn. 15:12).
Sep 24, 2021 · As Christians, we know ultimately what love is by the person of Jesus Christ. The Apostle John wrote “In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins” (1 John 4:10).
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Jun 19, 2019 · 1. Practice forgiveness. One of the first red flags that we are holding onto something we need to forgive is impatience. Unforgiveness clogs our soul’s pathways for love by creating stumbling...
