Keep yourselves in the love of God,
looking for
the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
The love of God to His people is free unspeakably
great, and eternal; our love to God is dependent on His love to us as its
source, on faith and fellowship with Him as it is fuel; therefore we are exhorted
to keep ourselves in the love of God.
This implies that we are beloved of God, and
that we know it, and love Him in return.
That we should endeavour to retain our
standing, and keep ourselves sensibly in the love of God, by setting it always
before our minds; exercising our faith on it; and seeking the enjoyment of it
by prayer and in the Lord’s ways.
We should keep ourselves in the exercise of
the love to God, by avoiding temptations, walking by faith, and living as in His
presence.
We should keep ourselves in the exercise of
love one to another by exhortation, forbearance, and example.
We should preserve ourselves by the love of
God, from the temptations of Satan, the snares of the world, and the lust of
the flesh.
Beloved, consider how the love of God
aggravates our sins; and how it should fire us with courage to oppose
everything that is unholy or forbidden.
O love divine, how sweet thou art!
When shall I find my longing heart
All taken up by Thee?
Grant me, O gracious Lord, to prove
The sweetness of redeeming love,
The love of Christ to me!
James Smith
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