1Jn 3:11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
1Jn 3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
LOVE ONE ANOTHER
NOT as CAIN who was of that wicked one.
Cain belonged to Satan. He belonged to Satan and his works were evil.
Abel belonged to God and his works were righteous.
We have to choose a side too. We are either on Satan's or God's, Cain's or Abel's, Wicked or Righteous.
When we LOVE one another we are on God's side, on the side Abel was on, on the side of righteousness.
We have to LOVE not hate.
And we can't LOVE the love of self.
Cain loved HIMSELF. Cain was MORE concerned with HIMSELF.
We get so caught up in OURSELVES that we can scarcely think of another without first thinking about how our interaction with them will affect us. We put ourselves first and that is what Satan did- put HIMSELF first. Is it any wonder that sort of self love is so incredibly wrong? Is it any wonder that when we love self first we are NOT loving others?
If we LOVE our selves MORE than others we are not following the will of our God.
We CANNOT LOVE OURSELVES before we love God or others - that is NOT in the dictates of God.
The EXTREME importance of loving others cannot be overemphasized.
Realizing that LOVING others before SELF is a very real, true love, makes us pause for a moment because we so horribly have love confused with our selves- with receiving more so than giving.
Only by the grace of God will we learn to love truly- in HIS LOVE.
And this IS something we have to LEARN- because if we think it will come naturally to us then we are caught up in Satan's trap. If we expect it to be NATURAL to us then we are setting ourselves up to fail miserably!
Choose to love, make a choice to love, make a decision to love, actively love, decide to love and in all that LOVING others!
All through our Savior's GRACE and MERCY, HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS - ALWAYS!
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