To
Love Him
There is a path of progression that we follow in the
above verse: we first learn to respect,
admire, stand in awe of, and reverentially fear our Elohim for Who and What He is, the Creator of everything. As we continue to recognize and ‘fear’ Him,
we find ourselves walking in His
ways, as opposed to our own. The more
familiar we become with His ways, His
divine instructions to us in righteous and moral living, the more we recognize
His love toward us, His
creation. With the arrival of this
revelation, comes the birth of our
love toward Him. Then this cycle will repeat
itself, gaining further strength, and overflowing to those around us.
“Beloved
ones, let us love one another, because love is of Elohim, and everyone who
loves has been born of Elohim, and knows Elohim. The one who does not love does not know Elohim,
for Elohim is love. By this the love of
Elohim was manifested in us, that Elohim has sent His only brought-forth Son
into the world, in order that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved Elohim,
but that He loved us and sent His Son to be an atoning offering for our sins...
And we have known and believed the love that Elohim has for us. ELOHIM IS LOVE,
and he who stays in love stays in Elohim, and Elohim in him ... We love Him
because He FIRST loved us.” (1Joh
4:7-10, 16, 19, emphasis mine)
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