1 John 4:21
Brotherly Love
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. 1 John 4:21
The previous verse explains this one. If we don’t love our brother whom we have seen, how can we love God whom we have not seen? This love involves feeling and compassion, but it also means to desire and seek our brother’s welfare: it is good willing toward them. In another place the Bible says that love is the fulfilling of the law, so that all the other laws and commands in the Word are comprehended in this command to love one another. Paul says`` let us do good unto all men,” Gal. 6:10. Can you imagine what kind of world this would be if we all obeyed this command to practice love toward one another? One day we will not have to use our imagination, because that is the way it is in heaven. The day draws nigh. Even so, come Lord Jesus. Amen.
