Do Not Let Your Love Grow Cold –❣️❄️❣️❄️❣️

[Bible Speaks]

Do Not Let Your Love Grow Cold   ❣️❄️❣️❄️❣️

“Because of the increasing of lawlessness, the love of the greater number will grow cold.”—MATTHEW 24:12.

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Jesus’ words about love growing cold also apply to our day. People today have less and less love for God. Instead of looking to God to solve the problems in the world, millions of people look to human organizations. Their love continues to grow cold. Even the love of Jehovah’s servants could grow cold, as it did in the congregation in ancient Ephesus. So let us discuss three areas in which we must keep our love strong: (1) love for Jehovah, (2) love for Bible truth, and (3) love for our brothers.

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 On his last night on earth, Jesus said to his disciples: “I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, you also love one another. By this all will know that you are my disciples—if you have love among yourselves.”—John 13:34, 35.

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Loving our brothers and sisters is connected to loving Jehovah. If we do not love God, we cannot love our brothers. And if we do not love our brothers, we cannot love God. The apostle John wrote: “The one who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.” (1 John 4:20) Our love for Jehovah and our brothers is also connected to our love for the Bible. Why? Because if we love what we learn from the Bible, we will want to obey the commandments we find there to love God and our brothers.—1 Peter 1:22;1 John 4:21.

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SOME EXPRESSIONS EXPLAINED

• When our love for God grows cold, we lose our enthusiasm for the truth and our affection for our brothers. This may happen if we are influenced by the world around us and allow other things to become more important to us than our relationship with God
• https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/402017405?q=matt+24%3A12&p=par
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As Christians, we must work hard to grow in our love for God, for Bible truth, and for one another.                  True, we may at times have minor disagreements with fellow believers. However, what a blessing it is for all in the congregation when love motivates us to settle any differences in a loving manner! (Eph. 4:32; Col. 3:14)

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So may we never allow our love to grow cold! Rather, may we continue to have intense love for Jehovah, his Word, and our brothers. ???