"Christianity is not a collection of truths to be believed, of laws to be obeyed...Christianity is a person, one who loved us so much, one who calls for our love. Christianity is Christ."
Oscar Romero
1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death.
Thoughts based on Ray Stedman's Devotions based on his teaching.
It is rather fascinating that the apostle who wrote this has become known as the apostle of love. But if you read the gospel records of John, you will note that this is not his nature at all. He and his brother James earned from Jesus the title "Sons of Thunder" (Mark 3:17) because they were constantly wanting to blast back at those who opposed them. John's temperament was not naturally inclined to show love. But when he was born again, there was born into his heart the life of God, and this man began to show love.
Such love is the sign of the new life. It is a love that you not only extend toward those who love you, but toward those who do not love you. It is a love that does not depend upon a reciprocal relationship but loves the unlovely, the unqualified, the ungrateful, the selfish, and the difficult. This, then, is the character of true love, and it is always evidence that a new life has come, the life born of God.
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Christianity is Christ and Christ Is Love. When we experience love and observe love everywhere in His creation then we truly experience Him. I have found peace in that i am in Love with everthing everywher. This is the Peace that surpasses all understanding and this is Jesus alive in me. Also evident is Him in you through your posts.
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