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Romans 13:8-10 NKJV
Love is Obeying God
Now, most of the time that you will see this word “love” in the New Testament Scriptures, it will come from the Greek word “agape.” And it means “to prefer,” and in this case to prefer what God prefers, which is all that is holy, just, honest, faithful, morally pure, upright, godly, and obedient to our Lord and to his commands. For the believer in Christ it means to prefer to live through Christ, choosing his choices, and obeying them in his power and strength and wisdom, all for the glory of God, by God’s grace.
So, when this talks about loving one another, it is speaking of doing for others what is for their good, not to harm them. For love is action, not just feelings and emotions. And we love others with the love of God in the ways in which God loves us. And Jesus loved us so much that he willingly put himself in a position where he would give his life up for us on a cross in order to put our sins to death with him so that, by faith in him, we will deny self, die to sin, and walk in obedience to God’s commands, in practice.
Hated and Persecuted
Now none of us can do exactly what Jesus did for us on that cross, and it is not necessary that we should even think that possible, for what Jesus did, only he could do. And what he did has been done and does not need to be done again. But what we can do is to be those who are willing to speak the truth of the gospel to the people of the world, and in that way we are laying down our lives for the salvation of human souls for eternity. Because when we do that, we will be hated and persecuted, even by other “Christians.”
For so many people professing Jesus as Lord today are being convinced that they do not have to give up their sins and that they do not have to obey God’s commands, for they are being told that is “works salvation” which is not of God. But our salvation from sin, although it is not of our own doing, is not absent of the works that God prepared in advance that we should walk in them. Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught that faith in Jesus Christ means dying to sin and obeying God’s commands as a matter of life practice.
Don’t Sin Against Others
So, if we are loving God, and if we are loving one another with this agape love, which comes from God, we will not deliberately and habitually sin against each other, especially as a matter of life practice. For those who make it their practice to commit adultery, to be unfaithful to their spouses, and to make moral impurity their practice, they are not acting in love but in selfishness, self-indulgence, and hate. And to murder people literally, or with your words only, or to steal from others what is not yours, is also to hate.
In other words, we can’t live like the devil and then expect that God is going to receive us as belonging to him, and that he is going to forgive all deliberate and habitual sin being done against God and against other humans, just because we profess him as Lord with our lips. For love does no harm to other humans because it is not based in our feelings and in our emotions, but it is based in God, who is love, and thus it is committed to treating other humans with kindness and to obeying our Lord’s commands.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
Send a Revival
An Original Work / June 25, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Send a revival to this nation, Lord, I pray.
Bring us to our knees, Lord, humbly today.
Teach us to daily walk in your footsteps.
Guide us in your truth, and may we find rest.
Send a revival to this nation, Lord, I pray.
Bring us to our knees, Lord, humbly today.
Be our desire and our hearts’ pure devotion, Lord.
Make us a people who walk close to you.
Change our hearts to conform to your likeness.
May we love others who are in distress.
Be our desire and our hearts’ pure devotion, Lord.
Make us a people who walk close to you.
Teach us to be an example of your love, Lord.
May we serve others as though serving you.
Keep us in fellowship with you, I pray.
May we obey you in all things today.
Teach us to be an example of your love, Lord.
May we serve others as though serving you.
Loving One Another
An Original Work / June 8, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Love is Obeying God
Now, most of the time that you will see this word “love” in the New Testament Scriptures, it will come from the Greek word “agape.” And it means “to prefer,” and in this case to prefer what God prefers, which is all that is holy, just, honest, faithful, morally pure, upright, godly, and obedient to our Lord and to his commands. For the believer in Christ it means to prefer to live through Christ, choosing his choices, and obeying them in his power and strength and wisdom, all for the glory of God, by God’s grace.
So, when this talks about loving one another, it is speaking of doing for others what is for their good, not to harm them. For love is action, not just feelings and emotions. And we love others with the love of God in the ways in which God loves us. And Jesus loved us so much that he willingly put himself in a position where he would give his life up for us on a cross in order to put our sins to death with him so that, by faith in him, we will deny self, die to sin, and walk in obedience to God’s commands, in practice.
Hated and Persecuted
Now none of us can do exactly what Jesus did for us on that cross, and it is not necessary that we should even think that possible, for what Jesus did, only he could do. And what he did has been done and does not need to be done again. But what we can do is to be those who are willing to speak the truth of the gospel to the people of the world, and in that way we are laying down our lives for the salvation of human souls for eternity. Because when we do that, we will be hated and persecuted, even by other “Christians.”
For so many people professing Jesus as Lord today are being convinced that they do not have to give up their sins and that they do not have to obey God’s commands, for they are being told that is “works salvation” which is not of God. But our salvation from sin, although it is not of our own doing, is not absent of the works that God prepared in advance that we should walk in them. Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught that faith in Jesus Christ means dying to sin and obeying God’s commands as a matter of life practice.
Don’t Sin Against Others
So, if we are loving God, and if we are loving one another with this agape love, which comes from God, we will not deliberately and habitually sin against each other, especially as a matter of life practice. For those who make it their practice to commit adultery, to be unfaithful to their spouses, and to make moral impurity their practice, they are not acting in love but in selfishness, self-indulgence, and hate. And to murder people literally, or with your words only, or to steal from others what is not yours, is also to hate.
In other words, we can’t live like the devil and then expect that God is going to receive us as belonging to him, and that he is going to forgive all deliberate and habitual sin being done against God and against other humans, just because we profess him as Lord with our lips. For love does no harm to other humans because it is not based in our feelings and in our emotions, but it is based in God, who is love, and thus it is committed to treating other humans with kindness and to obeying our Lord’s commands.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
Send a Revival
An Original Work / June 25, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Send a revival to this nation, Lord, I pray.
Bring us to our knees, Lord, humbly today.
Teach us to daily walk in your footsteps.
Guide us in your truth, and may we find rest.
Send a revival to this nation, Lord, I pray.
Bring us to our knees, Lord, humbly today.
Be our desire and our hearts’ pure devotion, Lord.
Make us a people who walk close to you.
Change our hearts to conform to your likeness.
May we love others who are in distress.
Be our desire and our hearts’ pure devotion, Lord.
Make us a people who walk close to you.
Teach us to be an example of your love, Lord.
May we serve others as though serving you.
Keep us in fellowship with you, I pray.
May we obey you in all things today.
Teach us to be an example of your love, Lord.
May we serve others as though serving you.
Loving One Another
An Original Work / June 8, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
