"Go On Walking in Love"-Why Love Is Essential

Why is it important that we show love to fellow believers? Put simply, love is the essence of true Christianity. (Note: I believe that Jehovah God loves everyone, just not their sinning, and not just true Christians)   Without love we cannot have a close bond with fellow Christians, and more important, we amount to  nothing  in Jehovah's sight. Consider how God's Word highlights these truths.


On the final night of his earthly life, Jesus told his followers:  "I am giving you a new commandment,that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.  By this all will know that you are my disciples.  If you have love among yourselves."  (John 13:34, 35) "Just as I have love you"-yes, we are commanded to show the kind of love that Jesus displayed.  In Chapter 29, we noted that Jesus is a superb example in showing self-sacrificing love, putting the needs and interests of others ahead of self. We too are to display unselfish love, and we are to do it so plainly that our love is evident even to those outside the Christian congregation.  Indeed, self-sacrificing brotherly love is the mark by which wee are identified as true followers of Christ.


Note: If we do not love everyone and care about them, then we are not being true Christian and  we are not imitating God in that way.  He is not partial and neither should we be.


Next time: "Go On Walking in Love"-Conclusion of Why Love Is Essential


From the book: Draw Close to Jehovah