We love because God first loved us!

John 4:18-19
18. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

19. We love because he first loved us.

20. If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

21. And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.
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For God's word is the source of every power are from. But many people don't know this is actually just 1 purpose from God, He LOVES us.

People in this world, in the society thinks that love is something that we can trade with each other, just for own purpose and needs. That isn't called love, that is called love that has a broken cell. Why say so? In the word of God says,

"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love."

See? The word of God stated very clearly, there is no fear in love, and love drives out fear. I believe nowadays kids always face a very incorrect education system in their house. Their parents will only compliment or reward them once they achieve something which please their parents. If they could not achieve, they will only receive negative comments or maybe punishment from their parents, but not receive any encouragement from them. Why does this kind of education system exist in family? Isn't family is as known as Father And Mother I LOVE You?

"We love because He first loved us."

The word of God once again tells us, the only way we can love people, loving each other, is because God first loved us! Is the same if change the situation back inside a family. How can we say I Love You to our parents if our parents shows us no love? Or maybe love in conditions, it's vice-versa, we will love our parents in conditions. This is wrong! Love shouldn't be like that! Because there should be no fear in love, there should be no condition in love! If people trying to say that,:"Hey, we are no God, we aren't Jesus Christ, how can we do what Jesus do?" Then I will tell you, you were wrong, doesn't we know that we will achieve bigger things than what Jesus did in this mortal world? AMEN?

This is why people in this society are lack of love, care, hope and encouragement. Because their parents did not show them what is the true meaning of love & caring. They show no hope because their parents did not set a good example for them. Not only that, they always discourage them.

But there is always hope for us, because God is among us! Amen! God is doing great things and a very very big plan of revolution in this vary generation. This generation we're living is vary because we live in God's plan. And this project name is called Love. God wants to put love in our heart.

He is doing this great thing in this generation. Thus, how can we work with God? How can we walk with God in this plan? this is very simple.

"If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother."

See? God has already shown His big plan and project that He wants to do since the day of Peter! I know this is written by John, but this plan had been planned during Simon Peter's day or even much more earlier than it. Remember what Simon Peter ask Jesus? He ask that if one of his brother offended him, how many times he should forgive him? And what Jesus replied? 70 of 7 times! Jesus is not only trying to tell us to forgive a person for 490 times, but the true meaning of Jesus is, He wants us to forgive that person completely no matter how many times the person had offended us. This is LOVE.

Therefore only we can love our brother & sister in church. If we cannot even love them, do not dare yourself to say that we love God. If we cannot love someone who exist before us, how can we love God that exist but we cannot seen? This is the truth in the Kingdom of God.

Amen,
Paul Yap.