Question:
Why should we love others?
Answer:
John 13:34,35: “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” By loving others we are a good testimony to the world and are a shining light for the Lord, and by following His commandments for us we are loving the Lord. We can show that love to others by putting them before ourselves as in Philippians 2:3: “Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves.” We also talked a lot about walking in the light rather than darkness so that we can have fellowship with the Lord. 1 John 1:7: “But if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.” We are supposed to do as it says in Romans 12:1,2 – present our bodies to God as a sacrifice, and as in 1 John 1:9 – confess our sins before Him in order to have that fellowship restored.