Beloved, if God so
loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we
love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
1 John 4:11-12
What is acting like a Christian? I have long pondered the
question ever since years ago someone pointed out to me non-Christians who they
felt acted more “Christian” than most Christian they knew.
How does one act Christian then?
The answer could really be complex and involve study and
prayer and spiritual discipline and displaying much fruit of the Spirit. Or it could be simply 1 John 4:11-12.
Love one another.
All the other complex issues aside, love one another. That
is how you ‘act like a Christian.’
Can non-Christians love one another? Yes, in Reformed circles it’s called a ‘common
grace’ of God and if you are like me I rejoice whenever I see common grace
displayed. Whenever. And it hurts when
professing Christians don’t show it.
Because for Christians, it is the mark, the indelible
stamp on our foreheads that all
should see. Love, in action. We have no excuse for not loving one another;
it is the mark of God abiding in us.
Struggle with it. Grow in it. But let your life show it abundantly.
Be a Christian.
Love one another.
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