We Love Him Because He First Loved Us
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4
Did you know that it is possible to love someone who hates you? I am here to testify to that truth. I know of several people who hate me, but their reasons for hating me are not justified. Their hatefulness is out of jealousy or resentment because I chose not to go along with their evil deeds or side with them. Did you know that if you hate your brother, like a sibling or fellow Christ-follower, whether they are literally your sibling or figuratively your sibling, that the love of God is not in you? However, because God lives in you, it is impossible to hate someone. Here is how I see it: I don’t hate them; they are the ones who are hateful. However, just because I can still love them doesn’t mean I have to put up with their shenanigans or include them in my life; far from that. I refuse to harbor hate for anyone. As a Christ-follower, you need a change of heart if you can’t find love for others, even those who despise you. I may not ever forget how they treated me, but I will be cautious if ever I am around them. They will never know the secrets of my life, but they will also not control my emotions because of their hate; that’s on them.
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. 1 John 4:20
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