Thursday, August 25, 2022

Love

“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another” (John 13:34).

When it comes to Christian love and loving one another, we are given a very high and lofty standard. We are to love one another as Christ loved us — no less love will do!

So now we ask the question, how did Christ love us? It was a love that loved us when we were sinners at complete enmity against God and His Son. His was a love above every barrier — a love that proved superior to every hindrance.

“For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:6-8).

As we consider this, and it gets a hold on our hearts, it will be the springboard to love our fellow-believer with the same intensity of divine love that we are loved by.

“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God”
(1 John 4:7).