The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 8 December 2025 – Love And Obedience
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TOPIC: Love And Obedience
READ: 1 John 5:1-13 (KJV)
1 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.
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
THE MESSAGE:
One can secure obedience by the use of force or threat of punishment. However, true obedience comes from conviction or faith. In this passage, we see that love and obedience are more like Siamese twins that cannot be separated. No man can say he has love for God when he disobeys God’s instructions. There is nothing we cannot give up when love is involved. When we love God, our lusts and evil pleasures will be easy to abandon.
John gave us an equation that can help us examine ourselves daily. He says if we love God, we must love God’s children. One way to know that we have love is when we obey God’s commandments. John also said that it is not possible to love God if we are not born of God. He added that if we are not born of God, we cannot overcome the world; and we cannot be born of God until we first believe that Jesus is the Son of God. We must believe in His immaculate conception and in His deity.
PRAYER: Lord, help me to become rooted in my faith and love for You.
