1John 4: 7-16a NLT 7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. 8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. 10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. 12 No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us. 13 And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us. 14 Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God. 16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. The 5 Love Languages are popular nowadays even outside of the church. Some people can misuse and abuse them to get what they want from others but biblically speaking we are to love someone because we choose to not for something in return. This is the love that John writes about over and over in his letter. He reminds us that our love should be a response to God's perfect love that fuels us and allows us to love others expecting nothing in return because we choose to. There are two words in Greek language that John wrItes about. One is understood by your mind and the other by experience. I can say I love you and mean it and you can believe me because you choose to. I can also demonstrate my love and you would experience it or know it. God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. Romans 5:8 NLT Knowing this, John says, our response should be to love God in return by loving others. This is God's command from the beginning- To love Him and love our nieghbor. But there is special place in God's heart for His own and thier should be one in our as well. Ask Youself:
By this I do not mean do you have cuddly feelings towards them. I know we can be impossible sometimes. I am asking if we are a making a conscince choice to care for God's people as He would. Difficult task but not impossible. He has shown His love and given us His Holy Spirit that we would Know Love and Live this out. Have great day, Loved Ones, and God bless you real good!
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