*1JOHN1:5-7. And this is the message [the message of promise] which we have heard from Him and now are reporting to you: that God is LIGHT, and there is no darkness in Him at all [no, not in any way].[so] if we say we are partakers together and enjoy fellowship with Him when we live and move and are walking about in darkness, we are [both] speaking falsely and do not live and practice the truth [which the gospel presents].
But if we [really] are living and walking in the light, as He [Himself] is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses (removes) us from all sin and guilt [keeps us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations].
*JOHN 13:34-35. A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another: as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall men know that ye are my disciples if ye have love one to another. (Amplify Bible)
*ROMANS 5:5. Such hope never disappoints or deludes or shame us, for God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. (Amplify Bible)
*ROMANS 13:8. Keep out of debt and owe no man anything, except to love one another: for he who loves his neighbor [who practices loving others] has fulfilled the law [relating to one’s fellowmen, meeting all its requirements].
*To walk in love is to walk in the light of truth. Real love is from the fountain of the recreated man of the Spirit. It is based on the confession of our mouth. Love is the Nature of God. Love is the Character of God. Love will flow from the recreated man of the Spirit because it is connected with God supernaturally. Love is the evidence of new creation, your confession gave you access into the kingdom of God, meaning you have spiritually come into the territory of love. [the love zone].
*Jesus Christ prayed a prophetic prayer that the Church (the body of Christ) should be one spiritually and naturally. Are we? In today’s church, it’s hatred instead of love for one another as He has loved the brethen. I have been born again for a while now. Christianity of today is greatly different from that of yesterday. We walked in love, we showed love to one another, we served one another both in church and out of the church environment, we were hearing from heaven the voice of Holy Spirit. Prayer was made for one another because we have revelation knowledge of love and by practice we enjoyed grace naturally.
*John 15:9-10. I have loved you, [just] as the Father has loved Me: abide in My love [continue in His love with Me]. If you keep My commandments [if you continue to obey My instructoins], you will abide in My love and live in it, just as I have obeyed My Father’s commandments and live on in His love.
The gospel is the message of love.
*The natural man possess not this kind of love, he or she is not born again, such cannot produce love from ungenerated heart. Kingdom love is available to those who are born again.
*PROVERBS 20:27. The spirit of man [that factor in human personality which proceeds immediately from God] is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts. {Amplify Bible).
Holy Spirit communicates with your spirit.
*Love is the product of righteousness and of the heart which is born again. Love is the Nature of God which He demonstrated in giving unto us His Son. He loved us, we who have experienced His love and forgiveness should show love to one another by demonstrating it.
*EPHESIANS 5:2. And walk in love, [esteeming and delighting in one another] as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, a slain offering and sacrifice to God [for you, so that it became] Amplify Bible.
Love (agape) brought us together in one place[the kingdom]. We have become citizens of the kingdom through love. If you love, you are dwelling in light.
*God Spiritually released His Nature, Character into our hearts. Do not pray for love instead ask the Holy Spirit to teach you to walk in love. Your faith will work, grace will pour you the blessing, you will enjoy favor naturally because you have decided to walk in love. He that loveth not knoweth not God because God is love. Love is the key to unlock doors for supernatural manifestation of God’s promises which you are to enjoy daily.
“Faith worketh by love”. Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flows the springs of Life.
* So many of us will miss rapture because we are not operating with covenant principle of the kingdom by walking in obedience according to kingdom instruction. Without the help of the Holy Spirit, walking in love will be hard. Why, you are naturally operating in an environment full of corruption and wickedness. Satan is the commander of all evil, he is the god of this world. The Church can change the world through our life style as light.
*EPHESIANS 3:16-19. May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personally]. May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep IN LOVE and founded securely on love, that you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God’s [devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it]: that you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience] ; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!
*if we love one another, it simply means that God’s presence abides with us, THIS LOVE is perfected in our hearts in Christ Jesus.
TWO KINDS OF LOVE.
*if you continue to walk in love, you are born of truth. God is true. Love will influence you to do good.
*if you are not walking in love, you are born of the devil. “The choice is yours”.
*Carnal Christians can not walk in love because the nature, character of God is not formed in them. This is inspite of the fact that they are born again, and are citizens of the kingdom. Although they are born again, spiritually their entire system has been overhauled by the Holy Spirit, but spiritual development and growth will determine how they will operate naturally. Developing one’s self in the written word is an individual’s responsibility.
*Genuine love (agape) is the product of the recreated man of the Spirit, inner man of the heart. To walk in love is simple. You will ask how? Recognize the Holy Spirit, submit yourself to His leadership. He will teach you how to walk. Let me say this, to walk in God’s kind of love is not easy but with the help of the Holy Spirit you can operate, walk in love, and the requirement is determination. The devil will challenge your decision.
One of the ways to walk in love is to constantly renew your mind with the written word of God. If you are born again you need to have a conscious walking relationship with the Holy Spirit. He is supposed to lead, guide, and direct you daily. God said this: for His ways are not our way, neither is His thoughts our thought. We choose our way because we want to do things our own way. You will ruin your life, you will not fulfill your destiny naturally because you have refused to recognize the Holy Spirit who abides with you.
For whatsoever is born of God will walk in love because we are living in the dispensation of grace and truth. This new life in Christ Jesus is full of great benefits. In salvation you actually received the fullness of grace. You will enjoy grace as you keep a walking relationship with the Holy Spirit. The principle which brought you into the kingdom of God is the truth you heard from the word of God.
*Truth captured your attention, truth captured your heart, you fell in love with the truth,you therefore surrendered your life to God through Christ Jesus by faith. At that moment, the Character and Nature which contain the love of God was shared abroad in your heart by the Holy Spirit. If the Holy Spirit is in you, love is equally there in your heart. As a matter of fact, every born again Christian carries love with him .
*You will walk in love because you know from the word of God that it is a command. Grace with the truth supernaturally set you free from your old life style. How many Christians can really say they know the Holy Spirit?
*How many Christians can really say indeed I recognize the Holy Spirit and I am depending on Him for direction for living. How many Christians can really say I listen to the Holy Spirit for counselling. Jesus said this about Him the Holy Spirit (for He will teach you all things, everything that has to do with you naturally). Until you know Him, recognize Him and allow Him, He will not force Himself on you. He is a gentle man. He respects Himself. Remember you should love your neighbor as yourself. What you sow is what you will reap naturally.
