The
Bible says God is Love (1 John 4:8, 16), also the Bible call us to be Holy by
saying in 1 Peter 1:15-16 and in Leviticus 19:2; “Be holy for I the Lord your
God am Holy”. Therefore the Love goes in pari pasu with holiness, love and
holiness are inseparable, are indivisible. Holiness without love is incomplete
and the same, love without holiness is incomplete, then if we love without
being righteous, being holy is nothing, is fake and actually not genuine at
all.
In
1 Peter 4:8 the Bible says; most important of all, continue to show deep love
for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins. And even though there
is a sin not leading to death (1 John 5:16-17) it is a sin itself to request for
that, let we struggle daily to be righteous pari pasu with loving heart; for we
have received the Spirit of love i.e. that Holy Spirit who is God.
The
Bible insist more in [1 Corinthians 13:2-3,13] that even faith without love is
nothing since you can’t believe what you don’t love; for the now faith in God comes
after you love Him, then the hope follows now faith, the Bible says; “If I have
the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have
all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body
to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing”. This is
because the greatest is Love although these three now faith, hope and love
abide; the love is greatest and so if the greatest is love, He who is Love is
also Holy, so we as Christians we need not only love within our heart as an assurance of being Jesus Christ believers but also being holy is compulsory, and indeed these
two i.e. Love and Holiness are in pari pasu. Amen.
