What Does God Love?نموونە

JESUS SHOWED US HOW

When I consider that Jesus gave His all for me, it doesn’t seem impossible to give my all for Him. He showed me how to do it.

Jesus made a way for us all when there was no way—a way of escape from sin, a way back to the Father, a way to walk worthy of Him. In gratitude for all He’s done for me, I want to do the same for Him—to imitate Him and walk in that same kind of selfless, liberating love that He does.

That’s why Ephesians 5:1-2 says the way we can walk in the God-kind of love for other people is by imitating what God Himself has done for us and in us:

Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

The Bible tells us that the first commandment is to love God with all our hearts, and then second is to “love your neighbor as yourself” (Mark 12:30-31).

How can you love your neighbor if you don’t love yourself? First you have to know who you are and how much God loves you. Second, it’s much easier to love your neighbor when you know you’re not doing it on your own—you’re doing it with the love of God that is in you (Romans 5:5).