John 13:34 (KJV) “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”
Yes, we are supposed to love one another, but how? There are so many kinds of love mentioned in the Word of God. This is agape, the God-kind of love. The key is to love one another in the same way the Lord has loved us. What? I am supposed to love you like Jesus loves me. What kind of love is this?
When I think of the love of God, I think about how the Lord loved us first while we were yet sinners. He loved me before I did anything right. The Word of God says God’s love is an everlasting love that is not performance-based. We don’t have to earn the love of God; it was freely given to us. I don’t even believe you can increase how much God loves you based on longevity of serving Him or the amount you serve Him. He can be more or less pleased with us, but His love is eternal and everlasting.
That is the love that has been shed abroad in your heart by the Holy Ghost. Don’t try to love one another with your substandard human love that is performance-based. Love each other with agape love. God is love! It is the kind of love that is taught to us in 1 Corinthians 13.
The Lord is not asking for much. No, really, all He is asking you and me to do is love with the love He gave us and not revert back to loving from your flesh. This agape love is pure and comes from Heaven.
When we love each other this way, the Word says that then the world will know we are believers. It is even obvious to an unbeliever when the love of God is in operation because it is so noticeably different.
It has never been more important for you to show the love of God to everyone you know and don’t know. It has never been more important to make sure that everyone you come in contact with at church, at work, or even on social media receives agape love from you. It is within your power to make a huge difference in the world today. Love never fails!