“COMMANDED BY GOD TO LOVE AND BE LOVED”

Post date: Feb 14, 2018 9:59:49 PM

“You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea. You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me. But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my commands. You must not misuse the name of the Lord your God. The Lord will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name. Do not nurse hatred in your heart for any of your relatives. Confront people directly so you will not be held guilty for their sin. Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. You must obey all my decrees. So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” Exodus 20:4-7; Leviticus 18:17-19; John 13:34-35

To love and be loved is God’s commandment that we must have to obey and uphold faithfully as we remain in Him and Him in us irrespective of the circumstances and situations we may find ourselves and the reasons we may have to hate or refuse to love as commanded. We cannot be partial with love, it clear we either love or we hate, there is no place in-between. We called, saved and chosen to obey our Lord and follow His words as His faithful children. There will be cogent reasons for us to act otherwise but when we remember we were saved by God through love, our sins and wrongdoings were forgiven through love; the stink of sin and shame of our wickedness were washed away by love; we were made spiritually and physically clean through love, and we are totally justified to be called children of the Almighty God through love, we will have no alternative but to love, to be loved and to remain in His love. What we gain in showing love and being loved far outweighs whatever reasons we will have for refusing to love and the devil wants you to be held captive in the cycle of hatred by refusing to love for any tenable reason. “Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.” 1 Peter 4:8. There is God’s hand, God’s power, God’s grace and God’s mercies on us when we love from our heart decide to show love, follow love and remain in love. When Satan judges you because you have shown love, he will fail, but when he judges when you show hatred or refuse to love, he will succeed. You have been called to defeat Satan as our Savior Jesus Christ did.

We are called to be obedient and faithful; commanded to love others and be loved and not to love the world, lust, or hate or remain indifferent. Love is not optional, it is a commandment to be obeyed; you are commanded to love and to be loved; to live in love, to reciprocate love; to enjoy and encourage love and to choose love in every situation is a lifestyle. You must determination to love, it is a way that God wants you to follow, wants you to walk in, and wants you to develop and keep in the rest of your life. Satan does not want that for you; he wants you to hate and will give you every reason to do that just to keep you in that disobedience as he did to Adam and Eve. In what circumstances and situations you may be, I want you to know that loving yourself is a commandment from God and you have to obey; loving God is a commandment that you must have to obey; loving others is a commandment that must have to obey and doing otherwise is a trap set up to keep you in sorrows and pains. Loving in living and refusing to love is dying. Lack of a godly true love is the reason for all conflicts, self-centeredness, anger, fighting, bitterness, war and destructions of lives and properties. Refuse to become an idol when you love, make no other image of anything when you love, love God wholeheartedly, show it to the world and to everyone and remember, you were made to love and be loved. For prayers, Click here