The Supremacy Of LoveNäide

Remaining In Christ's Perfect Love

In this passage, Christ shares one great charge for believers: to continue or to remain in His love. Jesus says that it is up to the believer to continue in His love. How? By doing what any person does when he wants to experience someone’s love. The person draws near to the person he loves: he does good and tries to please the person. So it is with the believer. We continue in the love of Christ by drawing near and doing good and seeking to please Him—very simply by obeying His commandments. 

Christ always loves; His love is always there. But it is up to us to walk in that love. We can never know and experience the Lord’s love unless we walk in it. 

Abiding or remaining in the love of Christ has a standard, a supreme example: it is Christ Himself. He was perfectly obedient to God; therefore, He continued in the Father’s love. We are to look at His obedience as our prime example.

Study Questions:

1. Is drawing near to God something you do regularly? Is this difficult for you? If yes, why do you think that is?

2. Is it hard for you to believe that Christ’s love is always available?

3. If there are times when you feel like you fail at walking in His love, know that you are not alone. And know that God is full of grace. Meditate on this scripture. Let Christ’s never-failing love for you stir up affections in your heart. And then ask yourself how you can better walk in God’s love.