BROTHERLY LOVE

Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love. ROMANS 12:10 Brotherly love reflects the nature of Christians. That’s why Paul doesn’t hesitate to remind believers to practice that virtue, “Concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another” (1 Thess. 4:9). The true disciple of Jesus knows intuitively he should love his brothers and sisters in Christ. Because they have the same heavenly Father, love among believers is as normal as the affection between members of a family. If you are a true disciple, such love will be true of you. John MacArthur, Truth for Today : a Daily Touch of God’s Grace (Nashville, Tenn.: J. Countryman, 2001), 212.