Loving the Lord (1 John 4:19)
In the Song of Solomon, the daughters of Jerusalem ask the wom an, ‘What is your Beloved more than another beloved?’ and she gives a detailed answer about his features that have caused her to love him . The apostle John also comments in our text that believers love Jesus because he first loved them , so they saw something in the love of Jesus . Maybe it was one detail they thought about – his death on the cross, or maybe there were several details that they considered. One obvious deduction is that their love is a responsive love. The answer also indicates that it is a shared or common love because John includes himself with the others even although he is an apostl e. In any case, w hat c ould John and his friends have said about Jesus if someone asked them what was so speci al about the love of Jesus? What would we say , or could we say, in answer to that question? Today I want to mention some reasons for having such a positive view of his love and we can reflect on t...