The author of Hebrews commands, "Let brotherly love continue" (Heb. 13:1 KJV). I love a quote by Dr. Stanley Toussaint, who explains, "You can always tell how closely someone's relationship is to God by how well they treat their brothers and sisters in Christ." John professes, "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).
In the scriptures, we are commanded over and over again to love our brothers and sisters in Christ: not only those who are strong, but also those who are weak. We can all learn from a lesson that Jesus teaches to His disciples as He expounds, "A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another" (John 13:34-35).
As fellow believers, whether strong or weak, we are to love and exhort one another as we are all a part of one body, under one head, which makes one whole. Paul explains, "So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another" (Rom. 12:5). As being a part of the whole body of Christ, when one member suffers, we all suffer. So, with grace, let us all let brotherly love continue! Behold your King!
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