Love is God, And It Should Be Us As Believers.

“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. (8.) He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” 1 John 4:7-8

Think about this question, what is the greatest thing in a believer that has been saved by God’s grace and the Blood of Jesus Christ? Here is you answer, LOVE. I wonder what is more important to some Christians, love or doctrine? Folks, please understand I am as much a doctrine man as any other but the greatest thing we have in us is love, because God is love and God is in us. It truly does surprise me sometimes at the amount of anger in some Christians heart over doctrinal difference, almost a hatred. The scriptures conclude “We love him, because he first loved us." 1 John 4:19 Who loved who first? God did, God loved you while you were yet a sinner. You were a nothing, nobody sinner who knew no truth and did not love God and yet by His grace and mercy, because of His love He elected to love you and to save your unworthy soul. There are way too many Christians that allow their love for other Christians fall short because of doctrinal differences, this is a disgrace to the God that loves every single one of His elect. I believe as Christians we have made to many separations for too many dumb reasons in the past. Look at our past and look at God’s word, we have all failed God. God said, “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God…” there is not stipulation on that love, none at all. God did not say, “if you all agree in doctrine, or if you are the same race, or if you are all the same nationality”. No, God said “Beloved” let us love one another because God is love and He chose to love you. Christians are not haters, they are lovers. There are no greater Christians than others. If you are saved by the love, grace, and mercy of God then you are as important to God as any other believer. After salvation, the ones who walk the closest with God as the ones who walk after the Spirit of God and in truth. But, beloved, it does not separate us there, we still must show our love to those who may fall short. Let us remember, those who walk in truth walk there because God has elected to show that to you, but others do not because God has not showed it to them. This does not make you any better, brighter, or more loved than any other Christian on earth. There was a time when God loved the Jews, and the Jews thought that God would never love anyone but them, but thank you Lord, He also loved me a Gentile sinner. Beloved, if you are saved, if you are loved of God, then share that love with other believers, it is called “redeeming the time”. Let us learn from the past, let us breakdown the walls of separation and love all the family of God, respect them, and show God that we are no longer the past of separation. God point blank said, “If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?" 1 John 4:20 Beloved, it matters who you are, what church you are a part of, what race, nationality, or anything else, if you hate your brother in Christ for any reason, you are a liar and may not even be a Christian. Folks, the world and Satan hates all alike, and because of Jesus Christ, why should Christians be like them. God finished up with these words, “And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.” 1 John 4:21