- The Believers Obligation to Love
- By Pastor Arthur F. Kohl
- 1. LOVE GOD - mentioned at least
fifteen times directly.
- Example: Deuteronomy 6:5, "And thou shalt love the LORD thy
God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
might."
- 2. LOVE ONE ANOTHER - mentioned at
least fourteen times directly.
- Example: John 13:34, "A new commandment I give unto you,
That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one
another."
- 3. LOVE CHRIST - mentioned
throughout scripture in different ways.
- Example: John 14:15, "If ye love me, keep my
commandments."
- 4. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR - mentioned at
least ten times.
- Example: Leviticus 19:18, "Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear
any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD."
- 5. LOVE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTER IN CHRIST
- mentioned at least seven times.
- Example: 1 John 3:14, "We know that we have passed from
death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his
brother abideth in death."
- 6. LOVE YOUR WIFE - mentioned at
least four times.
- Example: Colossians 3:19, "Husbands, love your wives, and be
not bitter against them."
- 7. LOVE YOUR ENEMIES - mentioned at
least three times.
- Example: Matthew 5:44, "But I say unto you, Love your
enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and
pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;"
- 8. LOVE THE STRANGER - mentioned at
least two times.
- Example: Leviticus 19:34, "But the stranger that dwelleth
with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love
him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the
LORD your God."
- 9. LOVE YOUR CHILDREN - mentioned at
least one time.
- Example: Titus 2:4, "That they may teach the young women to
be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,"
- 10. LOVE YOUR HUSBAND - mentioned at
least one time.
- Example: Titus 2:4 "That they may teach the young women to
be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,"
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