This will be our final episode on 1 John, chapter two, verses 18-27 and it's called, "When Love Gets Lost." The truth is, the body of Christ, the church, can be a difficult place to show love. Why? Because it's made up of people who, while saved, still happen to have sin natures that can cause disunity and dissension. As sinners, saved by grace, we can still hurt one another. We can sin against one another. But one of the things that should set us apart as those who have experienced the grace and mercy of God as expressed in the loving sacrifice of His Son, is our commitment to love one another. A failure to love is often a sign that we never truly experienced the love of God to begin with. If we claim to love Him, but refuse to love our brothers and sisters in Christ, John would say we don't have the love of God within us. Our inability to love others could be a symptom of our unsaved state. Coming to faith in Christ should produce within us a supernatural capacity to love as we have been loved: Sacrificially and selflessly. Expecting nothing in return.
