In this chapter, John tells us how to love one another. There is a yearning for us to love people and for them to love us back. Personally, I have always wanted to know “how” to love others. It is a weird question because we should already know, or so we thought. John puts forth three elements on how Christians are supposed to love one another. If you ever have wanted a biblical instruction manual, this is it. First, we are to love “unconditionally.” So, let us go back to what I said earlier. There is a yearning for us to love people and for them to love us back. This give-and-take process is “conditional.” If you love me, I will love you back. This is the earthly way we love one another. However, John says that we are to love “unconditionally.” Second, we are to love “sacrificially.” Remember John 3:16? “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” God demonstrated His love for the lost humankind by sending His only begotten Son to pay the debt for our sins. Think of a time when you sacrificed something so that another person could benefit from it. You did so out of love so that it would provide comfort to this person. Knowing that you would do without, this difference shows our earthly take on what divine love is supposed to look and feel like, achieving it through Him. Finally, we are to love “personally.” The only Christ most people will ever see is the Christ they see in us, and you may be the one person. Therefore, we are to show God’s love for others through our demonstration of love to His Son, Jesus Christ. Again, we are to love one another unconditionally, sacrificially, and personally, and do so, centering our love on Jesus. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inthefieldaudiobible/message