Day 20 of God’s Love for Us

September 29, 2017

“This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.”(1 John 3:23) Here are a few definitions: Jesus means “life giving” in Hebrew, and “the name of our lord” in Greek; Christ means “to forgive” in Hebrew and “anointed” in Greek; love then is “from God” in Hebrew, and “much, “as in a social and moral setting,” (pattern) and (quantity)” in Greek.

So we could write this statement like this, ” This is God’s commandment, that we pattern our life after His Son, who was chosen and anointed, to be life giving and forgiving to one another, just as He commanded us.” This is not prideful and calling attention to ourselves. This is giving in the truest form, building each other up, and not keeping score. If we model ourselves after Jesus and love one another, there will be no more agenda type struggles. His forgiveness is His love and direction for us.