🌹 January 5th, 2025.

Ephesians 5:2

2 and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

walk in love,

This is the third time so far that Paul used “walk” in Ephesians (Ephesians 4:1, 17). The word “walk” means to walk as a course of life, a habit of life. The habit of our life is to love others, to give to others, We Christians shape our lives by Christ’s love for us. This is how we order our way of life. We are never more like God than when we forgive someone. We imitate God in that regard.as Christ also has loved us

The supreme example of love is the graphic love of Christ’s death for our sins. There was no condition for Him to love us. He loved us without condition or without requirement. He does not require us to earn His love. We cannot deserve His love. He loves the ungodly and sinners (Romans 5:8).

John 13:1, Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. Christ’s love forgives us; our love should forgive others.

We love as Christ loved us. Because Christ paid the penalty for the sin of everyone, we do not have the right to punish anyone (Matthew 18:22; Ephesians 1:7; Co 2:13; 1 John 2:12). We show our love by our willingness to forgive others (Luke 7:36-47).

In order to do this, we need to see the enormity of sin in our own life. To not forgive others is the height of priggishness. It is also a form of unbelief because we sense no need to forgive. The person who sees what it took for his own forgiveness will forgive others.

Prayer:

Father, I am grateful for all the love you’ve shown to me , by dying on the cross for me. You’ve showed me an everlasting love despite my weakness and impurities. Help me and teach me, how to give back this same love to people around me.

Amen❤️

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