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We love because he first loved us. (1 John 4:19)We really need to know & love God, so that we may learn from Him how we can truly love. God’s love is true love. After all, God is Love (1 John 4:16).
Love Unconditionally
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)God didn’t benefit from any of this. If God didn’t gave up his Son, He would still be God, whether we receive Him or not. God wants to be with you and He wants to have a relationship with you. He didn’t do all of this for Himself but for us. Therefore, we should also love others unconditionally as well. It may seem hard but it’s all because our love is conditional. We got used to the fact of receiving a reward for something good that we have done. Maybe it’s the same reason why we get hurt when we love others, because we don’t always receive what we think we deserve.
Love Others As They Are
But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)God didn’t wait for you to be a Christian before sending His Son Jesus Christ to die for you. This is all because God loved you despite knowing that unlike Him, you are not perfect and will fail Him eventually from time to time. Therefore, we should also love others for who they are, including their flaws or the things that we don’t like about them. God wants us to love one another, if we only choose whom we want to love then we fail.
We Are Designed To Love
“Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness... “ (Genesis 1:26)We are made according to his image. Therefore, God should be seen in us. How then can we represent someone who is unseen?
“No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.” (1 John 4:12)
We really need to know & love God, so that we may learn from Him how we can truly love. God’s love is true love. After all, God is Love (1 John 4:16).
“Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.” (1 John 4:20-21)
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