Post by ResLight on Mar 6, 2021 18:20:58 GMT -5
1 John 4:12 - If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us. -- World English.
While this verse is often read to mean to love fellow believers in Christ, it may have a broader application, that is, that we should love all others, whether in Christ or of the world. (Luke 6:27-36) And yet it is a love that is first of all a love for God, in harmony with appreciation of His love for us and the whole world dying in Adam. (John 3:16,17; 1 John 2:2,5; 3:17: 4:7-11) It is this love that should distinguish the regenerated child of God from all others. It is a love that can be seen in action on all occasions. It is a love that is willing to overlook the frailties and imperfections of others. The goal of those who belong to Christ is to perfect this love in their hearts. Indeed, eventually, all who are to live forever must have this love perfected in their hearts.
And yet, there is a special love that we should have for our brothers in Christ. Such love should be willing to lay down life for each other. Indeed, this, we believe, is possibly the greatest test on all the regenerated children of God, and it possibly along the line of love that many will fail to attain the prize that Paul wrote about in Philippians 3:14. Most of those consecrated who do not attain that prize will, we believe, have to go through further disciplining before they will be proven fit for eternal life, although they will have lost the greatest prize for which they were called. -- Luke 12:47,48.
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Keep Yourselves in the Love of God
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A Symposium on Love
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Abiding in the Love of God
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While this verse is often read to mean to love fellow believers in Christ, it may have a broader application, that is, that we should love all others, whether in Christ or of the world. (Luke 6:27-36) And yet it is a love that is first of all a love for God, in harmony with appreciation of His love for us and the whole world dying in Adam. (John 3:16,17; 1 John 2:2,5; 3:17: 4:7-11) It is this love that should distinguish the regenerated child of God from all others. It is a love that can be seen in action on all occasions. It is a love that is willing to overlook the frailties and imperfections of others. The goal of those who belong to Christ is to perfect this love in their hearts. Indeed, eventually, all who are to live forever must have this love perfected in their hearts.
And yet, there is a special love that we should have for our brothers in Christ. Such love should be willing to lay down life for each other. Indeed, this, we believe, is possibly the greatest test on all the regenerated children of God, and it possibly along the line of love that many will fail to attain the prize that Paul wrote about in Philippians 3:14. Most of those consecrated who do not attain that prize will, we believe, have to go through further disciplining before they will be proven fit for eternal life, although they will have lost the greatest prize for which they were called. -- Luke 12:47,48.
Related:
Daily Heavenly Manna for March 7 * BSM Aids * Video
reslight.boards.net/post/1938/thread
www.biblestandard.com/march-7.html
youtu.be/ZzdT9fdZo-w
Keep Yourselves in the Love of God
www.htdbv8.com/1900/r2648.htm
A Symposium on Love
www.heraldmag.org/archives/1946_11.htm#_Toc31127303
Abiding in the Love of God
www.heraldmag.org/archives/1990_4.htm#_Toc37078878
The Church Militants Surrender to The Church Triumphant
mostholyfaith.com/Beta/bible/CRS/1910.asp#CR78:10
Also posted at:
dev-rlbible.blogspot.com/2021/03/03-07.html
