Why learn about loving other’s as God loves us? by Ps Michael Podhaczky

How would you answer a friend, neighbour, son or daughter, husband or wife if they asked you the following question as a Christ-follower?

“Why would anyone bother spending time and energy thinking and studying about how to love others as God loves us?”

Now we could answer something like the following,

“We do this to try to understand what the Bible has to say regarding the love of God for people and how we are to love each other in the same way.”

However, could you point them to some biblical basis for your reasoning? That is, to help them see what the Bible has to say on the matter and that you are not just making this up.

For example, you may point them towards some of the following,

Paul shared his longing for the local church at Philippi to flourish in love. It was the love that flowed from their knowledge and understanding of a loving God, Phil 1:9-11. We all know that many Christ-followers think they can grow in love without this engaging with knowledge and understanding of God. But the truth of the matter is, that for our love to be real, we need to see what the best and most pure love is to be able to give it away. We all need to be continually growing in knowledge and depth of understanding of God’s love so that we can love as He loves us.

It is a privilege and responsibility as Christ-follower in our relationship with our Heavenly Father to know and understand this love and how to love like God. If we want a challenge, then we can actively seek to know and understand the love of God. Then we can enthusiastically look for opportunities to love those around us genuinely. If we are keen to do this daily, then we will be surprised at the openings to love those that come our way

Pause in His presence for a moment and think this over…