How Can We (believers) Love the unlovable?
(And
we know there are many…). Let us dwell on these:-
(a) By
the grace of God, we have become alive with Christ. [“even when we were
dead in our transgressions [He]made us alive together with Christ (by
grace you have been saved)” Ephesians 2:5]
(b) How
did we become alive with Christ? Through God’s spirit who dwells in
us “ [But if the Spirit of Him who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will
also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you”
Romans 8:11] We are no longer in the flesh, the Spirit of Christ dwells in
us [“However you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if
indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit
of Christ, he does not belong to Him” Romans 8:9]
(c) We
are now new creatures with the indwelling spirit of Christ.[ “Therefore
if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature the old things
passed away, behold new things have come” 2 Corinthians 5:17]
(d)
If we cannot love, this new creature
with the spirit of Christ can. Because God is love, this spirit enables
us to love. This spirit loves. “Lord I cannot. You can. Help me” [“and hope
does not disappoint because the love of God has been poured out within our
hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us” Romans 5: 5]. The love
of God dwelling in us will pour out to the unlovable. We shall surely be
fruitful and be able to love as we walk with Him and call out to Him. [“I am
the vine, you are the branches, he who abides in Me and I in him he bears much
fruit for apart from Me you can do nothing” John 15: 5]
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