Day 5 – Love One Another: Heaven’s Command | Beyond Feelings: Learning God’s Language of Love

Family, so far this week, we’ve talked about how love starts with God, how friendship with Him is proven through obedience, how it abides through trials, and how it stands apart from the world’s version of love. 

Now we come to the greatest expression of all: L O V E in action.

Jesus makes it plain in John 15:12 (NKJV): “This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”

Notice here, it is not a suggestion, it is not just a good idea, it is not even a prayer point. It is a command.

Love, in God’s kingdom, is not optional; it’s evidence - a visible sign that what we profess with our lips is alive in our hearts. 

John 13:35 (NLT) says, “Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are My disciples.”

That means the real proof of our Christianity is not our preaching, our singing, or our positions — it’s how we treat each other.

1 John 4:20 (NKJV) challenges us: “If someone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?”

That’s a tough truth, but it’s a liberating truth. Love and hate cannot occupy the same heart.

Let’s face it: sometimes the hardest place to walk in love is in our own families. Our husbands and wives, children, parents, brothers and sisters, cousins, aunties and uncles, you name them. 

Sometimes, the hardest place to walk in love is among believers. You can be so hurt right within the church. There is jealousy, gossip, and unforgiveness. These are the silent killers of fellowship. 

But despite it all, God still calls us to rise above offense. No matter how deep the hurt or how unfair the situation, He reminds us that love is stronger than pride and forgiveness is greater than revenge.

Colossians 3:13–14 (NLT) tells us, “Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.”

See, when we choose forgiveness, we’re not excusing what was done; we’re releasing ourselves from the prison of bitterness. Forgiveness is the garment of divine love. We need to wear it with pride.

And we don’t love others because they deserve it — we love because God commanded it. 

That’s why 1 Peter 4:8 (NKJV) says, “Above all things have fervent love for one another, for love will cover a multitude of sins.”

Love doesn’t expose people’s weaknesses; it helps restore them. So don’t say you’re covering me and then make my faults a topic of your WhatsApp conversations, your phone calls, or at the water cooler or lunch, or dinner table.

Love does not gossip about or gloat over someone’s failure; it prays for them through it. 

Love truly shelters, not covers up or conceals. It protects the person while still addressing the truth.

The kind of love Jesus modeled is sacrificial. Ephesians 5:2 (NLT) says, “Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered Himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.”

That means, sometimes, loving others will cost us — our pride, our comfort, our need to be right. But when we choose love over offense, we mirror Christ Himself.

This world is hungry for that kind of love. Not the love that flatters, but the love that fights for our soul. Not the love that just listens, but the love that leads us back to truth.

Remember how Jesus restored Peter in John 21:15–17 (NKJV). Three times He asked, “Do you love Me?” and each time followed it with, “Feed My sheep.” 

What this is showing us here is that love always produces positive action. If we truly love God, we will care for His people — even the difficult ones.

Family, some of us have mastered worship, prophecy, and prayer — but God is calling us to master love. 

Because 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NKJV) reminds us, “Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”

Faith believes what God says. Hope trusts what God will do. But love reveals who God is. Did you get that, Family? Faith believes what God says. Hope trusts what God will do. But love reveals who God is. Hallelujah.

So, what does it mean to love one another as He loved us? 

It means we love without agendas. We love even when unappreciated. We love until healing replaces hurt. We love in truth, because love without truth deceives. We love in humility, because love without humility manipulates. And we love in perseverance, because love without endurance quits too soon.

Ahhhh Jesus, help us today!

Family, God’s love is not sentimental — it’s supernatural. It’s the kind of love that looked at the cross and said, “Father, forgive them.”

Romans 12:9–10 (NLT) puts it this way: “Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good. Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.”

That’s the love language of heaven — real, pure, and lasting.

And in John 15:17 (NKJV), Jesus closes the loop: “These things I command you, that you love one another.”

That’s it. That’s the whole message of the gospel wrapped up in one command — love that reflects God’s nature.

So, as we close this series, let’s not just talk about love; let’s live it. Let’s speak it, let’s show it, and let us stand firm in it. 

Why? Because the world doesn’t need more noise. The world needs more love in action.

Family, let this stay in our spirits: Love that doesn’t act isn’t love at all. Love that abides, obeys, and forgives — that’s heaven’s language.

I leave us with this: Love one another until it looks like Jesus.

That’s how we love beyond feelings.