"BECAUSE He first loved us," the effect follows that we
love, we love Him, we love all men. We cannot help it. Because He
loved us, we love, we love everybody. Our heart is slowly changed.
contemplate the love of Christ, and you will love. Stand before
that mirror, reflect Christ's character, and you will be changed
into the same image from tenderness to tenderness. There is no
other way. You cannot love to order. You can only look at the
lovely object, and fall in love with it, and grow into likeness to
it. And so look at this Perfect Character, this Perfect Life. Look
at
The great sacrifice
as He laid down Himself, all through life, and upon the Cross of
Calvary; and you must love Him. And loving Him, you must become
like Him. Love begets love. It is a process of induction. Put
a piece of Iron in the presence of an electrified body, and that
piece of iron for a time becomes electrified. It is changed into
a temporary magnet in the mere presence of a permanent magnet, and
as long as you leave the two side by side, they are both magnets
alike. Remain side by side with Him who loved us, and
Gave himself for us,
and you, too, will become a permanent magnet, a permanently attractive
force; and like Him you will draw all men unto you, like Him you
will be drawn unto all men.
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