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If God So Loved Us, We Also Ought To Love One Another (1John 4:7-11)

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 
In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” (1John4:7-11)

St. John in his letter is pointing at a different kind of love that we received from Jesus. 
He is drawing our attention that there is a different definition of love exist.
The love for ice cream is different than Jesus’ love for us. 
Jesus’ love is selfless, sacrificial, divine, and eternal. 
This kind of love stands apart from human love. 
Jesus’ love seeks to save, gives freely and generously, and provides good things unconditionally. 
Apostle Paul in his letter to the Corinthians described Jesus’ divine love to a divided and spiritually immature church in Corinth. 
They loved participating in the gifts of the Spirit but failed at loving one another. 
Paul told them that if they don’t have love, their actions and accomplishments mean nothing. 
Our love to each other as one body of Christ is the greatest value, the point of the whole work of Father God since He is love. 
Paul defines the aspects of love: patient, kind, not jealous. 
Love doesn’t dishonor other people, seek its own way, or keep a record of sins.
Love rejoices in the truth, bears all things, believes all things, hopes and endures all things. 
Another one important aspect of Jesus’ love is that it comes from will rather than emotion, requiring commitment and intentionality. 
His love chooses to do so even when others fail or betray us. 
Jesus’ love is not passive; it always leads to action. 
It believes the truth, knows God intimately, and from that relationship, transformation happens. 
Jesus’ disciples should treat others like He did. 
If we are the children of God then we will love others as Christ loved us. 
If not, our claim proves false. 
Jesus told His disciples, “A new command I give you: Love one another. 
As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another” (John 13:34-35) 
In His ministry, Jesus listed “love your neighbor as yourself” as the second greatest commandment, loving God with everything within us. 
But now there’s a new commandment, to love as Jesus did, as God loves. 
Jesus even adds that this transformative love will be evidence we belong to God and follow Him. 
Father God showed His love to us through the Son, Jesus Christ. 
Now, the Son shows His love through the Church. 
We, the believers in Christ’s name, loving as He does, becomes essential not optional. 
Amen.

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