Families are very important to God because we are the crown of His creation. He chose us for His purpose and good pleasure; therefore, we can’t go whoring after other gods, especially those who have accepted Him as their savior. We are His family and are to have no other gods before Him; He is jealous and wants our undivided loyalty. Our relationship with Him is a holy union through faith in His Son Jesus Christ. The prophet Hosea told the Israelites God said, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6a). “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge” (Proverbs 1:7a). Families that stay together love one another because they fear God.
Children of God must dare to be different from the world and not forget the Lord. Families that stay together love one another because they remember that the Lord has been so good to them. Love is powerful; it is why the only true and living God sustains us. In Deuteronomy 6:4-5 He commanded us to love Him with our whole being. If families could love Him whom they had never seen, they could love one another.
At the last Passover Jesus gave his disciples a renewed commandment – “that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:34-35). This is his expectation for his family even with all of its diversity. In Leviticus 19:18 God commanded Israel, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Love is a resolute factor in showing who we are and whose we are. Jesus said that you are to love one another as I have loved you. Families should have the mind of unselfishness that was in Christ. He humbled himself, took on the likeness of man, and obeyed God, giving his life on the cross (Philippians 2:5-8, paraphrased). Families that stay together love one another because they are unselfish and show others that they are Christ’s disciples. So come on families. Let the fear of God manifest in our lives. Remember His kindness. Give Him thanks for being unselfish.
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Is it the fear of God that causes us to love one another? Or is it because we love God, and He commands us to love Him wholeheartedly and love others as we love ourselves?