The commandment of love.

Sunday, December  25th.
The commandment of love.

“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.” Romans 13:8

Merry Christmas. Today I will like to remind us of a very important commandment we have in the New Testament; it is the commandment of love. From our opening scripture we see that love is not just an option for us it is an obligation we owe. There is no better day to talk about this than Christmas day; a day chosen globally to remember and celebrate God's gift of love to mankind. Just as God already gave us Love in the person of Jesus, you owe love as a debt to others. You owe your wife, your husband, your children, the Body of Christ, all men, the duty of love.

The Bible says in Romans 13:8, “… for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.” In the Old Testament, if you want all of God's blessings to come upon you, you had to fulfill the Laws. But now in the New Testament, we have been given a commandment according to 1 John 3:23, “And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.” Therefore, we have been commanded by God to believe in the Name of Jesus Christ and to love one another. When you love, you have fulfilled the law. (See Romans 13:8)

Jesus said in John 13:34, “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.” That is the only debt you should owe everyone, the debt of love. One of the ways to receive, function and flow with the blessing is walking in love. Therefore, the reason why some Christians may not be seeing the manifested blessing of God in their lives in the way they ought to is because they are breaking the commandment of love. Choose to walk in love.

Prayer.
Dear Father, I make a commitment today, to love others just as You have loved me. I thank you because Your grace is sufficient for me and your strength is perfected in me to love even as I ought to, in Jesus' Name. Amen.

For further study, read:
Colossians 3:12-14, Matthew 22:37-40.

Doing the Word.
Show love by choosing to forgive all who have offended you. You can also take the first step to do them good this season.