Spiritual Meditation 6

John 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

1 John 4:19-21
19 We love because he first loved us. 20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother

1 John 4:11
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

1 John 4:7-8
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
 
1 Peter 4:8
8 Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

Matthew 5:43-44
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you

1 John 4:7-8
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

John 15:12
12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

John 13:34-35
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Romans 13:8
8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

1 John 4:18
18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

1 John 4:7
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

Reading this makes some things perfectly clear.

First, Christ said a new commandment I give you, that you love one another. He meant that we should get up every day and make our love for each other new. Today is a new day, today is the day where it is new to love one another.

The second thing that is clear is if you do not love one another including those who rightfully should be despised, you are not a Christian. To be a Christian you must love your enemies and if you do not love them, you do not know God.