Reciprocal Love
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Love is more than words
Love is an action
Love is reciprocal
John 14:21 "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father ,and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him."
Reciprocal Love
Reciprocating Love
- It is not enough to simply have his commands, but you must obey them
- God's commands are written on our hearts
- Jeremiah 31:33-34
- I John 2:27
- John 14:26
- Jesus goes on to teach that the one who love him shall be love of the Father
- This is looking forward to the coming of the Spirit, who will reveal the Father's love, and Christ love, to us
- Romans 5:5
- There is also a foreshadowing of the cross
- Christ willingly dies on the cross and the Father pours out his wrath to accomplish our redemption
- Then they top off that love with the giving of the Holy Spirit
- So how would you say that Christ manifest himself to us?
- The Holy Spirit inspired the Scriptures
- Without the Scriptures we are unstable
- Our strength of affections for Christ is directly related to our knowledge of the Bibible
- The more we
- know Christ and obey him
- we are guided by the Spirit
- Christ is manifest to us and through us.
- Romans 8:1-5