If A Man Say

“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 4:20).

True love has God and man intermixed. They are inseparable. Love is rooted in God and made manifest in our relationships with our fellow man.

God is not a singular entity. He is multifaceted. To love God is to love all aspects that is God. Man in particular who was made in the image of God is but just one facet of the Creator. To love God is to love all of His creation which is all of His known being.

Too many people think of God as a person. They think of God as a singular entity when in fact God is in everything and is everything.

It is impossible to love God and to hate man. Man is an extension of God. More than likely it is the sin in the imperfect man that causes the disdain. But God loves us unconditionally so we should do the same with our fellow man. We were made in the image of God. We are to be God like. Love is the demonstration of that God attribute.

Bill Hitchcock