Jesus said in John 15:12, "This is MY COMMANDMENT, that you love one another as I have loved you." Jesus commanded us to love just like him. Most people, I believe, do not understand how Jesus loved them on the cross. If they knew, it would not be hard for them to forgive people.
1 John 3:5-6, says, "And ye know that he was manifested to TAKE AWAY our sins, and in Him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him." Have you ever had something taken away from you? If you have, then you know that if you don't have it, you cannot do anything with it. Seeing here that He took my sins away, I do not have them to commit. In other words, Jesus took my sins away, where I do not live in them. This love allows me to take other peoples sins away, by forgiving and forgetting what they do.
The Lord spoke to me one day when I read these scriptures and said, "If you continue in any sin, then you do not know me. If you ever get to me with your problems, I will take them away forever." Notice the woman that was caught in the act of adultery, Jesus told her to go and sin no more. He said to me, "If you get to me, I will tell you to go and sin no more." WOW, you mean that Jesus has the power to do this, YES, He does.
Jesus took ALL of my sins away and I am no longer bound by sin to serve it. I am bound by a precious love that was shed abroad in my heart by the Holy Ghost to serve and live to all creatures. Jesus said in John 15:9, "As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: Continue ye in my love." Jesus did not command me to love with all my heart, soul, mind and strength, he told me to continue in His love, and His love is "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13. I have laid down the way I feel about anything to live in His love and have a great joy in my heart to do it.
Come on and walk in this love. If you have never surrendered your life to this love that takes away you sins, pray this prayer with me, "Lord Jesus, I believe that you are the true son of God. I believe that you died on the cross and on the third day, God's mighty power, raised you from the dead. I confess you as my Lord and savior, you are my Master now. I renounce Satan and darkness and turn to your love, to walk in it. I surrender every area of my life to serve you and do what you say. I repent of my sin, the sin of unbelief, I receive forgiveness and I believe in how you love me and I choose to go live that love to others. Come into my heart, change me and rule me, in Jesus name, Amen."
