God is love

​Love begins with God. God is true love. Do you know that we love Him, because He first loved us (1 John 4:19)? Herein is love - not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins (1 John 4:10).

So you see, He loved us first. When we were living our imperfect lives as imperfect people, He gave His Son as an atonement and sacrifice, as if for us to say, ‘sorry’ for all our past wrongdoings, when we accepted Jesus. So that those who believe in this can start all over again! This is only possible because God is where love starts and how God loved us first.
 
Do you love God back? As we start our lives all over again, when we truly love God, we keep His commandments (1 John 5:2) and we can keep his commandments because they are not grievous (1 John 5:3). This means His ways are not difficult to follow, if we have a love of God.

And if God loved us while we were in error, we should also love one another (1 John 4:11). And if we can love one another, it means God dwells within us, and His love is perfected in us (1 John 4:12). Those who love God, must love his brother also (1 John 4:21) and overcome hate because whosoever hates his brother is a murderer: and no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (1 John 3:15). When you believe in Jesus, you receive eternal life and the chance to start your life all over again using love. And this love includes loving your brother.

Finally, if we have God’s love in us and with us, then we have no fear because perfect love casts out fear. The fear of the lack of money, the fear of joblessness, the fear of losing someone, whatever the fear - is tormenting. (1 John 4:18). Fear causes us to worry, fear causes us to make decisions out of fear when we should be making decisions out of love.

Therefore, do you believe God is Love? If you have believed and received God’s love, then walk in love.

“And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour” Eph 5:2

“And this is love, that we walk after his commandments” 2 John 1:6