HOW to LOVE GOD

 

Romans 8:37

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37 Nay, in all these things 

we are more than conquerors 

through him that loved us.

It's really very simple.

What GOD asks of us.

How are we to love Him?

How does He want to be loved?

SPIRIT led me to these verses.

From THREE different sources.

The OLD TESTAMENT tells us how, through Moses:

Deuteronomy 6:5

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5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God 

with all thine heart, 

and with all thy soul, 

and with all thy might.

Deuteronomy 10:12-13

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12 And now, Israel, 

what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, 

but to fear the Lord thy God, 

to walk in all his ways, 

and to love him, 

and to serve the Lord thy God 

with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

13 To keep the commandments of the Lord, 

and his statutes, 

which I command thee this day 

for thy good?

The NEW TESTAMENT tells us how, through JESUS:

Matthew 6:24

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24 No man can serve two masters: 

for either he will hate the one, and love the other; 

or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. 

Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Matthew 22:36-40

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36 Master, 

which is the great commandment in the law?

37 Jesus said unto him, 

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God 

with all thy heart, 

and with all thy soul, 

and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto it, 

Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40 On these two commandments 

hang all the law and the prophets.

Luke 6:46

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46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, 

and do not the things which I say?

John 14:15

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15 If ye love me, 

keep my commandments.

John 14:21

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21 He that hath my commandments, 

and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: 

and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, 

and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

John 14:23

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23 Jesus answered and said unto him, 

If a man love me, he will keep my words: 

and my Father will love him, 

and we will come unto him, 

and make our abode with him.

Apostle John tells us how:

1 John 2:5

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5 But whoso keepeth his word, 

in him verily is the love of God perfected: 

hereby know we that we are in him.

1 John 4:16

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16 And we have known and believed 

the love that God hath to us. 

God is love; 

and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God,

 and God in him.

1 John 4:17

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17 Herein is our love made perfect, 

that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: 

because as he is, so are we in this world.

1 John 4:19

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19 We love him, 

because he first loved us.

1 John 4:20

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20 If a man say, I love God, 

and hateth his brother, he is a liar: 

for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, 

how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

1 John 4:21

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21 And this commandment have we from him, 

That he who loveth God love his brother also.

1 John 5:1

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5 Whosoever believeth 

that Jesus is the Christ 

is born of God: 

and every one that loveth him that begat 

loveth him also that is begotten of him.

1 John 5:2

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2 By this we know 

that we love the children of God, 

when we love God, 

and keep his commandments.

1 John 5:3

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3 For this is the love of God, 

that we keep his commandments: 

and his commandments are not grievous.

In SUMMARY, loving GOD means:

We love Him with all our heart, soul, might, and mind.

We walk in His ways, and serve Him.

We keep His commandments and statutes.

We serve GOD, not mammon.

We love our neighbor/brother, as ourselves.

We keep His words.

Related material:

Bible DISCOVERY 1: God and Jesus are ONE

GOD's 10 COMMANDMENTS

BORN AGAIN articles

GOD's GLORY blogs

On LOVING GOD

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