OCTOBER 5
LOVING WHAT FATHER LOVES
1 John 5:1
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him. (WEB)
In today's Bible reading, the Apostle John tells us that anyone who loves the Father will also love the child born of Him. The Amplified version of 1 John 5:1 says it this way... Everyone who believes (adheres to, trusts, and relies on the fact) that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah) is a born-again child of God; and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of Him (His offspring). (AMP)
What that means is that if we truly love our Father and value His heart, we will love what He loves too. If we claim to love God but hate our brothers, we still have a long way to go on our journey. That doesn't mean that we are not born of God, but it does mean that we are not living in love (1 John 4:16) as our Papa has intended.
The true sign that we are living in the reality of being God's children is that we start to love one another as He loves us. Of course, the secret to loving others is found in first receiving His love and then passing it on. As Jesus said in John 15:12... “This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. (WEB)
My prayer is that we, as the Church, recognize that the highest priority in life is to love—to love God and to love each other as we love ourselves. The more we make love our greatest goal (1 Corinthians 14:1), the more we will value one another as brothers and sisters in the same family. I believe that the greatest thing we can do both individually and collectively to bless our Father's heart is to love one another.
John 13:34-35
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (WEB)
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him. (WEB)
In today's Bible reading, the Apostle John tells us that anyone who loves the Father will also love the child born of Him. The Amplified version of 1 John 5:1 says it this way... Everyone who believes (adheres to, trusts, and relies on the fact) that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah) is a born-again child of God; and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of Him (His offspring). (AMP)
What that means is that if we truly love our Father and value His heart, we will love what He loves too. If we claim to love God but hate our brothers, we still have a long way to go on our journey. That doesn't mean that we are not born of God, but it does mean that we are not living in love (1 John 4:16) as our Papa has intended.
The true sign that we are living in the reality of being God's children is that we start to love one another as He loves us. Of course, the secret to loving others is found in first receiving His love and then passing it on. As Jesus said in John 15:12... “This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. (WEB)
My prayer is that we, as the Church, recognize that the highest priority in life is to love—to love God and to love each other as we love ourselves. The more we make love our greatest goal (1 Corinthians 14:1), the more we will value one another as brothers and sisters in the same family. I believe that the greatest thing we can do both individually and collectively to bless our Father's heart is to love one another.
John 13:34-35
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (WEB)