1 John 3:14
14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.
Do you see the either/or of this verse? The Holy Spirit says we can have either love or death. Life is love, no love is death. To live selfishly or with pride, with yourself at the center, is to literally abide in death. What does that really mean?
It means that one of the great tests of Christianity is your heart’s temperature. Do you love? If God’s love has met you and begun to change you then that love will flow out from you. You will really feel it. If you don’t, it doesn’t necessarily mean you aren’t a Christian, but it does mean you’ve started choosing yourself, relying on yourself, instead of Him. Make the change today! Soak in His love.
Prayer prompt: Lord, please help me to understand and feel your love so it will flow through me to the world.