Christ’s Compelling Love

Love Is Your Greatest Gift

14 Either way, Christ’s love controls us.  Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.   15 He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them (2 Corinthians 5:14-15; New Living Translation).

What a powerful scripture this is!!  If I had to choose a verse that best describes the work of Christ in someone that has been transformed and impacted by work of the Holy Spirit, this would be it.  In Paul’s second letter to the church at Corinth, he states that it is Christ’s love that controls, urges, and impels the believer to do what they do in Christ.  As a result of the disposal of the old life, you and I no longer live for ourselves.  Rather, we live to Love God and Others and to carry out the assignment given to us by God, while on this earth.
Christ’s love is what controls you and me, and urges us to share an infinite love that changes and transforms the lives of those we come into contact with. The evidence of this love is a life no longer lived for selfish reasons.  As the scripture states, we live for Christ, controlled by His love, and sharing this love and compassion given to us by God with the rest of the world.

Remember…Love God and Love Others for ‘Love Is Your Greatest Gift.’ (1 Corinthians 13:13)