Loving Like Christ

Call to Prayer

Title: Loving Like Christ

Date: 18.04.2023

By: Daniel Peter

 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 17:17 KJV

Love is the new covenant instruction yet many fail in this. We have come to the time of the closing of the ages and God is calling His Church to repent and walk in order. For when we love one another, then the world will know we are associated with Him (John 13:35). And this knowledge will bring them to the acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. Love is the strategy.

The cross was God’s declaration of love for mankind and a model He expects us to emulate. When Jesus was speaking about love with His disciples, He said “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (John 15:13), which was a description of what He was going to do at the cross. However, the difference was, despite He spoke about one dying for his friends, He actually died for humans who were enemies of God for Scripture says “the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be “(Rom. 8:7 KJV).

So in the mind of Christ, despite in our actions we were enemies of God, He chose to see us as friends and brothers, then offered himself for us. In a like manner, before we can love like Christ, we must try to see every Christian as a friend or a brother, this will make loving them easier. It’s difficult to love one you consider an enemy or are suspicious of, but we find it easy to show and express love to one who is a friend or a brother, even in their weakest point.

God’s commandment is that we love one another as He has loved us (John 15:12), and the way we perceive each other will go a long way in determining how much we can express the love of Christ to them. But as our mind is renewed, we receive grace to walk in the order of love Christ expects from us

Prayer Point:

Let’s thank God for His word today. Let’s ask Him to help us to love like Him.