Verse of the day: He said unto you, O man, what is good and what the Lord asks you to do: do righteousness and love mercy, and walk humbly with your God (Miqueas 6. 8).
No one ever felt out of love because they were told that their joy would make another person happy. I have never been accused of selfishness by justifying kindness on the grounds that I liked him; on the contrary, acts of love are true to the extent that they are not. done reluctantly.
- And the right alternative to ill will is not neutrality or obligation.
- But joy.
- The true loving heart loves mercy (Michael 6.
- 8); not just acting with mercy.
- Christian hedonism forces us to consider this truth.
In this we know that we love God’s children:when we love God and practice His commandments. For it is God’s love: let us keep his commandments; now his commandments are not painful, for all that is born of God triumphs over the world (1 John 5. 2-4).
Read these phrases in reverse order and observe the logic. First, being born of God gives you the power to defeat the world. It is said that this is the foundation or the basis (?Why is that?) From the assertion that God’s commandments are not painful.
Therefore, being born of God gives a power that overcomes our worldly aversion to God’s will. Now his commandments are not “painful,” but the desire and joy of our hearts. This is God’s love: not only that we practice His commandments, but they are not heavy.
Then, in verse 2, it is said that the proof of the truth of our love for God’s children is love for God. What does this teach us about our love for God’s children?
Since love of God does your will with joy, not with a heavy feeling, and since love of God is the measure of the truth of our love for God’s children, that love must also be practiced with joy and not with bad will.
Christian hedonism is directly associated with loving service because it pushes us toward joyful obedience.