How to love like God 1.

Tuesday,  February 7th.
How to love like God 1.

“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

Our opening scripture shows us the kind of love that God expects from us. He commands us to love others as He has loved us. So, the first thing we see in the context of our opening scripture is that love is a command. What is a command? A command is a non negotiable obligation. In other words, love is an obligation.

The second thing we see in our opening scripture is that we have been commanded to love others as he has loved us. So, how did He love us? John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son …” This shows us that love is the willingness to share even at the expense of self. In other words, if we are going to love like God loves us, we must learn to love selflessly. We should be willing to put others first.

We also see from the love that God demonstrated to us that love is an unconditional commitment to the well being of another. God showed us an unconditional commitment towards our well being by giving up His Son to save us when we were in sin. Therefore if the love you have for others is based on some conditions, then know you do not love like God. As a husband, is your love for your wife unconditional? As a wife, is your love for your husband unconditional? Examine your love based on these things; selflessness and having an unconditional commitment to the well being of others.

Instruction.
Pray for couples today, that God will cause their love for each other to increase more and more.

For further study, read:
1 John 2:8-11, 1 John 3:14-18, 1 John 3:23.

Doing the Word.
Fortify your marriage and relationships with the unconditional love of Christ.