love command

Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning. 2 John 1:6 NLT

A command is an imperative: do this or this will happen. If we fail to love as Jesus commanded: love one another as I have loved you(Jn 13:34), then we will fall pret to envy, criticism, pride, arrogant boasting and character assassinations. The end result is we will find ourselves in the place that Jesus said: begone from Me, for I never knew you (Matt 7:23).

In the past I heard my parents speak of those whose parents had told them, "Go away from here, I do not know you!" Parents would disown their sons or daughters for wicked behaviour, they would be cast out of the family, often never to return.

If we are capable of this why do we expect our heavenly Father to do otherwise? The story of the Prodigal Son shows a father looking for his son to repent and come home, which he did. However, Jesus taught us that there will come  day when it is too late. Repentance is a gift that we should not treat lightly. Amen!