Love Each Other

Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us. And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us. 1 John 4:11-13 NLT

 

Moses saw a burning bush…but not the face of God. Jacob wrestled with …a man, or was it an angel…or God Himself?  Jacob named the place Peniel (which means "face of God"), for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared." Genesis 32:30 NLT. This scripture in 1 John tells us that no one has ever seen God—that is God the Father. God the Son, Jesus, was seen by thousands of people. He actually fed five thousand and then three thousand men, plus their families. That is a lot of people. That was a lot of love—to feed all those people. He fed them spiritually—teaching them how to live in accord with each other…and then He fed them with nourishing food, physically meeting their need to sustain their bodies with energy.  Here in this verse above God reminds us that He lives in us in the form of His Holy Spirit. That is love—that He chooses us to live in us—if we love each other. Love each other. When was the last time you showed a fellow Christian love? Have you shared a smile, hug, encouraging word or verse today?

 

Prayer ~ Holy Spirit, let Your love shine through us that we would share Your love with everyone around us—expressing God’s love.

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All scripture quoted from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless otherwise noted.

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