You cannot stop God loving, but you can quench the Holy Spirit. God's love is the most powerful force in the universe. God is love, and God is powerful. John tells us in one of his letters that perfected love (agape) forces fear out of our souls, for if we fear, love is not perfected in us.
I knew nothing about love as I grew up, you might as well have tried explaining nuclear physics to me as to talk about love. It is strange as you will often hear about love in our culture. It's in books, TV, films, everywhere, you can even hear people talk about love. But no one really understands love, unless they have been loved, and no one can love unless they have first been loved. God displayed His love for us in Jesus. Then Jesus told us to go out into the world and show God's love to others. He put His love in us at new birth, but sometimes our heads have to catch up and really believe His word to us.
The world is waiting to see how much the church loves each other, as well as how much the church loves the world.
Only a manifestation of Jesus in the church is going to cut it. John told us that in our union with Jesus, and our fellowship with Him love is perfected. It takes faith to release God's love to the world one person at a time. But it begins with an act of our will.
I am committed to love, as I am commanded to love, no ifs or buts.
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