“If God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.” (1 John 4:11) Our love ought to follow the love of God in one point, namely, in always seeking to produce recon- ciliation. It was to this end that God sent His Son. Has anybody offended you? Seek reconciliation. “Oh, but I am the offended party.” So was God, and He went straight away and sought reconciliation. Broth- ers and sisters, do the same. “Oh, but I have been insulted.” Just so, so was God, all the wrong was to- wards Him, yet He sent His Son. “Oh, but the party is so unworthy.” So are you, but “God loved you and sent His Son.” Go and write according to that copy. I do not mean that this love is to come out of your own heart originally, but I do mean that it is to flow out of your heart because God has made it to flow into it. You are one of those basins of the fountain; love has poured into you from above, let it run over to those who are below. Go forth at once and try and make reconciliation, not only between your- self and your friend, but between every man and God. Let that be your objective. GiGi❤️ Taken from: A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD’S-DAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1883, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON.
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