1 John 3:13-24 ( KJV )
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. 14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. 23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
This passage brings another perspective into our understanding of 'love' . The apostle presented ' love' as a transporter which knows no barrier. It btraks barriers and demarcations of our destination is shown by the love we possess.
Love is spiritual transmission -agent that changes a man's location, from death to life. At the exit gate of death, love is the ticket required for passage. Love is that thing that empties a man in verse 7, even of his blood, for the sake of his neighbour.
The language of love is sacrifice, it is expressed not in word but in deed. There is no price it cannot pay, there is no gate it cannot open, there is no weakness it cannot tolerate, there is no offence it cannot forgive and there is no evil it cannot overcome.
A demonstration of love is an assurance that we are living in the truth of God's word and it is the insurance of our hearts in the presence of God. Beloved, what sacrifice have you made for God and for man to reflect the kind of force which can only be seen in God's love? What true love for divinity that can be reflected in humanity?
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