I John 3:23 - "This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us."
Philosophically, it is quite easy to say that we should love one another. However, to love as God commands takes every bit of heaven and nothing of this earth. True love from the Father is born in belief "in the name of His son Jesus Christ." Anything other than the love which has been poured out within our hearts by the Holy Spirit is merely sympathetic emotionalism (Romans 5:5). We need God to energize our love otherwise it will wane like any other feeling or emotion.
When we are really ready to live as Christ desires, then we will begin to understand that faith and love are inseparable. When faith springs up in us, then love for God and our fellow man will become the outworking of our belief. Beware of faith without love. While love without faith is purely unsustainable emotionalism, faith without love is dead religion.
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