IT’S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THE NEW COMMANDMENT THAT CHRIST GAVE US, ALSO KNOWN AS THE “ROYAL LAW OF LOVE” POINTS US BACK TO HIS LOVE FOR US.
(John 13:34) “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another; as I have loved you.”
NOTICE THAT WE NEED TO KNOW FIRST HOW MUCH WE ARE LOVED BY HIM BEFORE WE CAN REALLY OBEY AND PRACTICE THIS COMMAND.
NO WONDER THE APOSTLE PAUL’S PRAYER FOR BELIEVERS WAS FOR THEM TO KNOW HOW MUCH CHRIST LOVED THEM.
(Eph. 3:17b-10) “I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
HE STRESSED THAT ONLY BY KNOWING (HOW MUCH CHRIST LOVES YOU) WILL YOU BE FILLED TO THE MEASURE OF ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD.
EVEN HIS ADVICE TO HUSBANDS REFLECT THIS PRINCIPLE THAT WE NEED TO FIRST KNOW HOW MUCH CHRIST LOVED US BEFORE WE CAN REALLY LOVE OUR SPOUSES THE WAY THE BIBLE PRESCRIBED.
(Eph. 5:25) “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her”
YOU SEE, THE MORE WE KNOW HOW MUCH CHRIST LOVES US, THE MORE
WE TREASURE IT; AND THE MORE WE TREASURE IT, THE MORE IT OVERFLOWS IN OUR HEARTS AND WHEN IT OVERFLOWS, THE FIRST MANIFESTATION OF IT IS A REAL LOVE FOR GOD, FAMILY AND THEN OTHERS.
KNOWING THE BEAUTY OF THE FINISHED WORK OF JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS, THE EXCELLENCE OF HIS NEW COVENANT AND THE BEAUTY OF GOD’S GRACE, WILL GIVE YOU A GOOD GRASP OF CHRIST’S LOVE FOR US.
(Michelle Chee - ACCF-Philippines)
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