Mar 6, 2016
If God were to speak to us and tell us to do a certain something 17 times, would you guess that He is serious about wanting us to get that certain something done? And if He added in directions telling us 37 different ways of getting that certain something done, would you then be pretty sure that He was serious about us getting on it? And finally, if He actually said that doing this certain something was how we prove we truly are following Jesus and that not doing it meant we really didn’t belong to Christ, would that fully open your eyes to see that we need to be all over this certain something? Like right now? Indeed, I hope we all realize these are not hypothetical questions. God has told us to love one another17 times in the New Testament! He has given us 37 different ways of making it happen. He has said that loving one another is the #1 way the people in our lives (home, school, work, church, neighborhood, etc.) will see Him through us. And He has made it clear that if we don’t proactively relate to each other in this way then we may be religious, but we’re actually not tied into Him after all! Wow! This is important stuff. In this study, we’ll take a look at 4 of those 37 ways the Bible tells us to embrace one another with the love of God.