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DEBT OF LOVE

Text : John 15:17  

 *These things I command you, that ye love one another.* 

While hatred is like a forceful thief that is not necessarily welcomed into your home, love is a courteous visitor that you must intentionally welcome into your heart* 

 *Love is the only language that can be understood by every single person on the globe. Jesus' love can only be denied, it cannot be unheard or unseen.* If you genuinely know the love of God, you can speak to any people group in the whole world and they will understand you.  

 *Loving your brethren is never Jesus' opinion or advice but it is His command to you.* 

You will never see it in any part of the scripture where Jesus commands you to eat. Why? because certain things come to you naturally. *You were commanded to Love because love don't come to you naturally.*

Another reasons we have been commanded to love are:

1. Love is God: *The more you walk in Love, the more you become like God.*

 *Because God is Spirit and God is Love, walking in love therefore is the true definition of spirituality.* John 4:7

2. *Love is a debt you owe:* Apostle Paul wrote to the church in Rome: "Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law". Romans 13:8. *If debt is an obligation to fulfill, then love is also an obligation you have to fulfill (for Love is a debt you owe mankind. Rom. 13:8* 

3. *Love never fails:* Knowledge will fail, prophecy will fail, gift _(and talent)_ will fail. But Love never fails, because it is Perfect. 1 Cor. 13:8-10

4. *Love cast out fear:* _There is no fear in love; but perfect love cast out fear: because fear has torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love_ .1 John 4:18

 *The antidote to Fear is Perfect Love. And the only Love that is perfect is the God kind of love -Agape.* 

5. *Love shows that you resemble God:* Jesus said in Matthew 5:44 *But I say unto you, _Love_ your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; _That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven_ : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.*

Bible Reading : John 4:7-21.


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