Obedience & Love
GRACE, FAITH and LIFE
A Personal Statement of Christian Faith and Practice
Obedience can be an expression of Godly love, but, obedience cannot be the motivation for Godly love.
Acts of kindness performed as a duty are not necessarily love. (They may be simply a desire for self-improvement [achievement], to fulfill perceived expectations [duty] or for reward.)
or, with the proper attitude, they may be brotherly love.
Godly Love comes from a desire which God has put into your heart. Learning how love comes from God, is the essence of the Life which is promised in the New Covenant.
Matt 22:37-39 Mark 12:30-33 John 14:15, 21 John 15:9, 17 Rom 5:5 12:10 13:8-9 1Cor 13:1-13 Gal 5:6