1 John 4:10

[Pleroo]

Originally Posted by arleigh

The most importnt expression of love for God is obedience.
Obeience is better than sacrifice.
Jesus demonstrated obedience and provided the Holy Spirit so that those that are actually under Jesus lordship can be obedient.
out side this obedience one can only sin.
Sin= is the absence of obedience to God.
Repentance, is turning from self govern, to God's Govern.
Jesus died on the cross providing this for us.

Matt. 12:7 And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

[Matthew 4:4]

Originally Posted by DRob4JC

I taught this section last week.
Love is not all about being happy and emotionally secure. It is costly. It is sacrificial. It is not always happy. But it's motive always has the other's best interest at heart.
The Father's love was displayed in sending His Son to die for us. Equally impressive is Christ, knowing what the plan was that was set before Him, knowing the pain He would have to endure, chose to follow the plan through completely without fault. That is love at a level I will never achieve.

The ^ above ^ sounds as if it would be a very good talk for a wedding.
So, much emphasis is on ' happily-ever-after thinking ' while really Not taking into consideration the importance is to live honestly and honorably before God - Hebrews 13:4

In this system none of us will ever achieve that Christ-like sacrificial love - John 13:34-35 - but we can do our best.
However, after the end of Jesus' 1000-year governmental rulership over earth righteous mankind will have reached the original sinless state that our father Adam had before his downfall.