The Command to Love

1 John 3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

A command is to give an authoritative order. God gave the Ten Commandments to His people, and ultimately to the world. The finger of God wrote them on a stone to signify permanency. These commandments were not to change base on time and culture. They were commands that would guide men and women to live righteously before God. These commandments are stilling the guiding principles that we base many of our laws in our country. It is impossible to make someone love someone else. The command to love is base on our desire to please God. Because He first loved us, we love Him. God’s requirements for all that want to follow Him is to put our trust in Jesus Christ. Believing on Him is the first step to loving one another as we should. The command to love can only be accomplished when we follow the command to believe. Once we give our live to Christ, He puts in our heart a desire to love. The ability to love in spite of the circumstances is made possible by the Holy Spirits that lives within us. It is through the power of His Spirt that God’s love can work through us. It is not the love brought through any human means, but divine love that comes only from God.