1 Peter 1:22-25
November 6th 2022, 1st Holy Day of the month
Rev. Tadashi Nagae, pastor
November 6th 2022, 1st Holy Day of the month
Rev. Tadashi Nagae, pastor
It is described that how those who have received the grace of salvation should walk. It is for brothers and sisters to love one another. What should we bear in mind in order to do this?
The first is that it is a command from God who loves us. This is not a recommendation or a free choice, but a command. Because it is a command from the One who loved us enough to lay down His life for us, we need to obey it.
The second is to love the family of God that God has given us. We are saved, we are children of God, and our brothers and sisters in church are God's family. The Lord has mysteriously led us to this Yokohama Church. We are to love the family.
The third is that God has changed us into ones who love our brothers and sisters. We used to have no interest in them, but now we are changed to love them. That is God's work. And we will be changed to love the Lord and our brothers and sisters even more.
How solemnly do we accept the Savior's command as our own? We are weak in loving, so let us pray to the Lord and let Him change us into the ones who love the Lord and our brothers and sisters more passionately!
The first is that it is a command from God who loves us. This is not a recommendation or a free choice, but a command. Because it is a command from the One who loved us enough to lay down His life for us, we need to obey it.
The second is to love the family of God that God has given us. We are saved, we are children of God, and our brothers and sisters in church are God's family. The Lord has mysteriously led us to this Yokohama Church. We are to love the family.
The third is that God has changed us into ones who love our brothers and sisters. We used to have no interest in them, but now we are changed to love them. That is God's work. And we will be changed to love the Lord and our brothers and sisters even more.
How solemnly do we accept the Savior's command as our own? We are weak in loving, so let us pray to the Lord and let Him change us into the ones who love the Lord and our brothers and sisters more passionately!
<The Verse of the Bible>
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.
1 Peter 1:22 (NIV)
