This is how God’s children and the devil’s children are apparent: everyone who doesn’t practice righteousness is not from God, including the person who doesn’t love a brother or sister. This is the message that you heard from the beginning: love each other. Don’t behave like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he kill him? He killed him because his own works were evil, but the works of his brother were righteous. Don’t be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. We know that we have transferred from death to life, because we love the brothers and sisters. The person who does not love remains in death. Everyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that murderers don’t have eternal life residing in them. This is how we know love: Jesus laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. (1 John 3:10-16, CEB)
This is how we know love: Jesus laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
Love is laying down your life for someone else. Who is ready to do that?
Most of us will not even stand up for someone else and tell those hurting them to stop. Most of us will not vocalize our disdain for the powers that be that want to eradicate a group of people. But here we are told that love is laying down your life for someone else.
We need to be willing to face danger and physical harm to show love.
Love like Jesus.
Loving People. Loving God.
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