The New Testament is full of verses commanding us to love each other--not a suggestion (John 13:34-35, 1 John 4:7-8, 1 Peter 4:8, 1 Corinthians 13, 1 John 4:21, etc.). The scary one is 1 John 4:7-8 where Paul says that we don't even know God if we don't love because God is love. NetChaplain wrote, "place love over doctrine (as we know over all things), because if it's not out of love it's not in faith (Gal 5:6)."
Obviously this is VERY important.
So how do we do it? Besides the obvious forgiving, being kind, etc. How do you love the people around you? I'm looking for practical ways.
I'm trying to be better at loving people, so I really appreciate any and all responses!
No one can or does Love as God does, and proven in Son going willingly to that cross first, to reconcile us all to himself, 2 Cor 5:17-20 then risen and that be where the new life to get given is at, once anyone chooses to believe and stick with it, (Col. 1:21-23) no matter what, one anyone stands and does not give up on God in belief to Son as risen, will see through the veil too eventually, not that I got it, rather now get it in the risen Son for us all to love all in truth. In being forever forgiven by God, not others as I used to think they should, but people, includes myself do not, and if try to do it as you said you are trying to do it. you are seeing you can't, Hallelujah, now see we all need the risen perfect Savior Jesus Christ the perfect Son of God for us to get new life of love to all. Not As if anyone could do perfect in the first born flesh nature first. no one can and or could, proven in the First (Old Testament) to me, God was not pleased with even the first Chosen, no one could air ever can be perfect but God, Jesus said this only n]my Father is good in Matt 19.
Now seeing that Son going willingly to the cross, without any flesh fights back, takes on all sin in his Father's sight, that Father has been pissed off about ever since Adam the first failed and all after him in the flesh, then got the first chosen and did mighty miracles for them, read Hebrews 10, they still failed. So Father finally sent Son to be in our place (everyone's deserved death place)
Son, Jesus took it all upon himself for us to be forgiven, reconciled first. For Daddy, Father, PaPa to not kill us or berate us, any one of us anymore. As if God ever did that to beign with, people, did this to themselves and still do this presently, God has no need to put any evil out to anyone, people do that to themselves and others by themselves. Anyone can do bad all by themselves, God never orchestrates it ever.
That part got done on the cross first, reconciliation to use all (Hebrews 10:10). I know this when he said It is Finished John 19:30 he meant it it is done the being under Law to do it is finished to try to do it and now able to do it through Father in love to all as Son showed us all once risen the new begins and is not easy to being unredeemed in the flesh and blood body still. Best to reckon self dead to sin Romans 6:12, please read it all that Chapter?
I asked God, what is finished? then the Journey of new life began. I see what is finished being under Law to not sin is finished, Jesus took it all away, everything took it all John 1:29 for us all 1 John 2:1-2
It is done John 19:30, he fulfilled Matthew 5:17, yet there is still verse 18. The law today is only in place for those that have not chosen belief to God Father in risen Son
Read Galatians and ask Daddy, PaPa, Father to reveal truth to you, so you can rest medicine in this love given you and see to do so, willingly, not having to thank you. Please, do not take this amazing gift for granted and not love all, including those that still do wrong, even have done to you wrong or might again, only if you let them, get away from those that do you wrong, do not associate with evil. Ask for the wall of fire to surround you from Father, thank you and learn new daily as you go out and learn new from mistakes too. God stays with us each and never beats anyone up as religionists do, and others do also, that are not of faith in Father and Son as won, those legalists, do not see or know truth yet in the risen Son for them.
God loves you, period, start right there in prayer, please see to stop the worry (Matt 6) over anything, that does not help, it brings in sin to you and anyone else trying not to sin as well, awkwardly Romans 6-7-8
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