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Not to abide in jesus’ love would mean that we stop believing that we are loved by jesus. we look at our circumstances - perhaps persecution or disease or abandonment - and we conclude that we are not loved by jesus anymore. that’s the opposite of abiding in the love of jesus. so abiding in his love means continuing to believe, moment by moment, that we are loved.
-John Piper
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Not To Abide In Jesus’ Love Would

John Piper
Not to abide in jesus’ love would mean that we stop believing that we are loved by jesus. we look at our circumstances - perhaps persecution or disease or abandonment - and we conclude that we are not loved by jesus anymore. that’s the opposite of abiding in the love of jesus. so abiding in his love means continuing to believe, moment by moment, that we are loved.
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