Monday December 23rd, 2024
Meditate on 1 John 4:10NLT
« This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins »
Read John 15:13-14NKJV
13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.
14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.
Divine love is the love that is of God.
This is a love that gives all.
John 3:16 says God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son.
This is a love that does not hold back at all. Romans 8:32AMV says
« He who did not spare [even] His own Son, but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things? »
The day Jesus Christ was crucified, He was stripped naked – He surrendered all!
Divine love is powerful because it is unchangeable.
1 John 4:8 says God is love.
Thus the love of God cannot change because God Himself cannot change (Hebrews 13:8, Malachi 3:6).
This means that when God falls in love with you, it is until the end.
The latter part of John 13:1NKJV says
«….having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end »
If you have never been disappointed by a friend yet, get ready, it may occur anytime.
By the time you are as old as I am, you may have been disappointed by many friends.
God, however, never disappoints.
He is the One who says, “I will never leave you nor forsake you” and believe me honestly, He means it.
God has two levels of people He loves.
- There is the general love He has for everybody.
That is the love spoken of in John 3:16.
It is because of this love that Jesus came to die for everybody.
It is because of this love that we all enjoy rain, the sun and the likes (Matthew 5:45).
- However, 1 John 4:19 KJV says, “We love Him, because He first loved us” this set of people who reciprocate His general love get to enjoy His greater love.
These are the ones about whom He says in Proverbs 8:17
« I love them that loves me; and those that seek me early shall find me »
To enjoy this great divine love, you have to love Him and He says in John 14:15NKJV
« If you love me, keep my commandments »
If you want to enjoy this unfailing love, holiness is a must.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
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