Love is a debt we owe to all, and a payment ever to be rendered. Love is a duty; the highest form of duty (Rom 13:8-10). He that loves not, believes not; and he that believes not, loves not.
1. Love is the Divine mark that we are born again (1Jo 4:16-17).
2. Love is the unanswerable testimony of allegiance to Christ (Jhn 14:15).
3. Love is the legible seal that we know the love of God (1Jo 4:17).
4. Love is the unmistakable evidence that we are taught of God (1Jo 4:9).
5. Love is the beautiful livery of heaven (Col 3:14).
6. Love is the royal badge of discipleship (Jhn 13:35).
7. Love is the plain assurance of having passed from death unto life (1Jo 3:14).