John 15:9
posted by Jesse on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 7:19 pm
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As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
The love of God is unfathomable. There is no sin, no error, no mistakes in God. He is entirely perfect and therefore so is His love. Jesus brought directly to this earth the perfect love of God. The love between He and His Father was unselfish, untainted, and perfect in every way. It is with this love that Jesus loves us. Jesus was reminding His discples here that His relationship of abiding in the love of the Father was being shared with them, and that they could be partakers of the perfect love of Christ.
He exhorts them to “continue in His love.” This is not to say, “Make sure that you behave yourselves so that I will continue to love you.” His love doesn’t work this way. Romans 5:8 tells us that, “…God commendeth (demontrated) his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” If His love for us was based upon our performance or something special within us, we would never receive His love! He loves us even though we are completely unworthy of love. Continuing in His love is more like saying, “Keep walking in my love; keep partaking of my love; keep enjoying and sharing my love with others.” In the following few verses, we will see how Jesus explains what continuing in His love looks like.
Category: John 15
