什么是爱 我们若按照祂的命令、律例、法则、教训来生活行事,这就是爱。你们将起初所听见的,要继续以爱心遵从而行,就是这命令(约翰二书1:6) 亲爱的弟兄姊妹们,简单地讲,上帝说爱祂就是谨守遵行祂的命令【约翰福音14:21有了我的命令又遵守的,这人就是爱我的。爱我的必蒙我父爱他,我也要爱他,并且要向他显现;约翰福音15:10你们若遵守我的命令,就常在我的爱里,正如我遵守了我父的命令,常在祂的爱里】。这就使爱由模糊不清,变得清楚明确。但是,上帝所做的远远超越了祂给我们的爱的定义,并且祂给了你指示,使你能够懂得怎样像祂那样地爱。上帝赐给你祂的话语,是用白纸黑字赐给你祂爱的指南(圣经)。而你所需要做的,就是以爱心遵从而行。 如果你让耶稣基督作为你的生命之主,并服从祂所吩咐你的一切,那么你已经迈出与上帝联合的第一步。上帝的爱已经生存在你里面,但是除非你选择迈出发展爱的一步,否则这爱在你里面是保持隐蔽的,并且是无效的。爱与信心力量的运作大致相同(雅各2:26身体没有灵魂是死的,信心没有行为也是死的),像信心一样,爱是通过知识和服从上帝的话语才成为有效的(有行动的爱)。 就在今天,通过认罪并行出上帝的话语来使你里面的爱成为有效的爱(有行动的爱),那么当你默想这些经文时,就会看到自己活在爱的生命里,就会看到自己是靠着耶稣命令的带领而谨守遵行。让上帝所教导你的爱,在你里面发展起来。 研经:约翰一书2:3-11 2:3 我们若遵守祂的诫命,就晓得是认识祂。 2:4 人若说我认识祂,却不遵守祂的诫命,便是说谎话的,真理也不在他心里了。 2:5 凡遵守主道的,爱 神的心在他里面实在是完全的,从此我们知道我们是在主里面。 2:6 人若说他住在主里面,就该自己照主所行的去行。 2:7 亲爱的弟兄阿,我写给你们的不是一条新命令,乃是你们从起初所受的旧命令,这旧命令就是你们所听见的道。 2:8 再者,我写给你们的是一条新命令,在主是真的,在你们也是真的。因为黑暗渐渐过去,真光已经照耀。 2:9 人若说自己在光明中,却恨他的弟兄,他到如今还是在黑暗里。 2:10 爱弟兄的就是住在光明中,在他并没有绊跌的缘由。 2:11 惟独恨弟兄的是在黑暗里,且在黑暗里行,也不知道往那里去,因为黑暗叫他眼睛瞎了。 在此,我们夫妻感谢上帝,我们主耶稣基督的父,赐给我们美好的一天,也赐给我们你们这些忠心于主的弟兄姊妹们。 (以上所写的,你们可以用来建造耶稣基督的国度) What is Love "And what this love consists in is this, that we live and walk in accordance with and guided by HIS commandments HIS orders, ordinances, precepts, teaching. This is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you continue to walk in love guided by it and following it." (2 John 1:6) Dear Brothers and Sisters Quite simply, GOD says love is keeping HIS commandments [John 14:21 whoever has MY commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves ME. He who loves ME will be loved by MY FATHER, and I too will love him and show MYSELF to him. ; John 15:10 if you obey MY commands, you will remain in MY love, just as I have obeyed MY FATHER's commands and remain in HIS love]. That brings love out of the indefinite into something explicit. But GOD has done more than define love for you. HE's given you instructions so that you can know how to love as HE loves. By giving you HIS WORD, GOD has given you HIS love manual in black and white(Bible). All you have to do is follow it and you'll be walking in love. If you've made JESUS CHRIST the LORD of your life, and obey all that HE have commanded you you've already taken the first step of union with GOD. The love of GOD has been born within you. But, unless you choose to take steps to develop it that love will remain hidden and useless within you. Love works in much the same way as the force of faith (James 2:26 as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.). Like faith, love becomes active through knowledge and obedience of the WORD of GOD. Become love conscious by confessing and acting on GOD's WORD today. As you meditate these scriptures, see yourself living the love life. See yourself walking in accordance with and guided by the commandments of JESUS. Develop the love HE has taught you. Scripture Study: 1 John 2:3-11 (NIV) 3 We know that we have come to know HIM if we keep HIS commands. 4 Whoever says, “I know HIM,” but does not do what HE commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. 5 But if anyone obeys HIS WORD, love for GOD is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in HIM: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as JESUS did. 7 Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. 8 Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in HIM and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining. 9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness. 10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. 11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them. We give thanks to GOD, the FATHER of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, for this day and for you, faithful brothers and sisters. Check out our facebook page, and share the article: (What is written above is granted to individuals for use in building the Kingdom of JESUS CHRIST only) From Victor n Esther - "My life journey with Jesus"
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