(18) My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
(19) And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
(20) For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
SHOW LOVE!
(18) My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. Beloved, Valentine's day is at the corner, though this day was marked by humanity to celebrate, show love for one another, let us find out what the word love means; per Webster definition, love is, a feeling of strong or constant affection for a person. My question is, where does this love implanted in our innermost spirits come from? (i) love originated from the Father, (1 John 4:8); (ii) humanity are the Father's offspring, created in his own image, (Genesis 1:27); (iii) his love flows into our hearts, as living waters flowing from his own heart, throne of grace, we are to reciprocate his love because he first love us. (1 John 4:19); (iv) the Father;s love has been the source of our blood redemption by Christ, from all our iniquities unto salvation, grace, life everlasting. (John 3:16).
Case in point, if we are offspring of the Father, created in his own image, his spirit indwells within our mortal bodies; then we ought to have his attributes as well, show the same attributes of his love to one another; if the Father loves humanity so much that he gave his only begotten Son, Christ, to suffer, died for our sins, rose again from death to set the captives free from bondage; believers, (a) let us display the love the Father has for us to one another on earth. (1 John 4:11); (b) let us give back his love, allow his love to flow from channels of his hearts above through our inner most spirits to touch other lives on earth: (c) let us not love in spoken words alone without doing or showing anything practically to prove our love for others but show love with truthful actions that we actually mean what we say about our love for humanity. (1 John 4:7).
(19) And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. If we display love for one another, we display the Father's attribute of truthfulness; for, he is the truth; (i) by showing love for others truthfully, we display spirits of truth and love for the world to know that we came out of him, his living waters of love flows within our souls; for the Father is love, (1 John 4:16)); (ii) by displaying his love truthfully to others, we are certain that we dwell in him, he dwells in our innermost spirits, we are connected together through his love and our love for one another; this chains of our actions, reactions of others will benefits both givers and receivers of love of the Father through Christ our Lord and Savior.
(20) For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Also, if we love ourselves in words alone, but then our hearts are darkened towards our fellow brethren, we lie to ourselves, and the truth of the Father is not in us; we may deceive ourselves, others with our love spoken words, feel good words, but cannot deceive the Father, the one who created our hearts, knows our frame of spirits, thoughts, utterances, actions and even before we were born, he knew who we are, what will become of us on earth; therefore, (a) let us be transparent with our feelings toward others; if we have any issues with others, let us iron them out that it may not hinder us from showing true love of the Father to our fellow brethren, (b) let us take steps to iron things out this week of love, so we can display true love of the Father to one another through Christ our Lord and Savior; (c) by doing so, we display his attributes of great love, we identify ourselves that we are truthful children belonging to the Father of truth, love and of great power forevermore.
CONCLUSION:
Dearly beloved, let us love one another! for love is of the Father given through Christ our Lord and Savior; in the Father alone is true living waters of love flowing from throne of holiness into hearts of men; therefore, let us not hinder his rivers of love from flowing through our hearts unto others who wells may be experiencing dryness of love; when we reach out, touch someone truthfully with love, directly or indirectly, we are doing the will of the Father and will be rewarded with eternal blessings; for the Love of the Father, loved he the world, that he gave his only Son, that whosoever believed in him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16). Therefore, let us proceed into arms of Christ's love and truth; he already paid the price for all our iniquities by his blood shed on cross of Calvary; for his love we receive grace, salvation, life everlasting: today, let us not worry but be happy to know that we are free from bondage of sins, troubles, anxieties, condemnations, forever and evermore. Let us love one another with the love of Christ! Amen and Amen!
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
(KJV.) 1 John 4:12 No one hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
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