"Peter was grieved because he had told him the third time: Do you love me? And he said, Lord, thou knowest all things, you know I love you. Jesus said unto him, Feed my sheep. "
John 21.17
love, what is more subjective? This feeling does not it arises unexpectedly, according to the quality of people we meet? True, but there could also be large "natural" our attention to the needs of others (empathy). Are we not created in the image of God? However, GOD IS LOVE!
Unfortunately sin has made man selfish and predisposed to think only of himself. Our society, largely through the media cultivates this tendency of fallen nature. " You're worth it! " one hears frequently. So are we not really encouraged to pay attention to the needs of our neighbor.
But "love God and neighbor" is even a commandment from him: "Love the Lord your God with all thy heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all thy mind and thy neighbor as thyself. " (Luke 10.27)
We can also say that loving God is proved by the love for his neighbor "... he who does not love his brother whom he hath seen, how Can love God whom he has not seen "(1 John 4.20) , although in this passage is the first brother in the faith that is designated.
This is also the mark of a disciple of Christ "If you have love for each other, everyone will know you are my disciples." John 13:35
This love requires a real commitment on our part. This may lead to sacrifice, and even sacrifices.
The Lord Jesus himself has already had his listeners call about this. He illustrated the problem by telling them the misfortunes that befell the man who descended from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers. Left half dead beside the road, it has aroused no momentum heart or from the priest or the Levite's. While the Samaritan was moved with compassion when he saw (Luke 10.30-37) .
... to be continued ...
This is also the mark of a disciple of Christ "If you have love for each other, everyone will know you are my disciples." John 13:35
This love requires a real commitment on our part. This may lead to sacrifice, and even sacrifices.
The Lord Jesus himself has already had his listeners call about this. He illustrated the problem by telling them the misfortunes that befell the man who descended from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers. Left half dead beside the road, it has aroused no momentum heart or from the priest or the Levite's. While the Samaritan was moved with compassion when he saw (Luke 10.30-37) .
... to be continued ...
Source: The Good Seed / E.Ropp
passages in blue were added by us and are not part of the text of Mr. Ropp
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