God’s Great Love Cycle 爱的循环
Dexu Xia
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another. Romans 13:8
As a new believer in Jesus at the age of thirty, I had lots of questions after committing my life to Him. When I started reading the Scriptures, I had even more questions. I reached out to a friend. “How can I possibly obey all God’s commands? I just snapped at my husband this morning!”
“Just keep reading your Bible,” she said, “and ask the Holy Spirit to help you love like Jesus loves you.”
After more than twenty years of living as a child of God, that simple but profound truth still helps me embrace the three steps in His great love cycle: First, the apostle Paul affirmed that love is central in the life of a believer in Jesus. Second, by continuing to pay the “debt to love one another,” followers of Christ will walk in obedience, “for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law” (Romans 13:8). Finally, we fulfill the law because “love does no harm to a neighbor” (v. 10).
When we experience the depth of God’s love for us, demonstrated best through Christ’s sacrifice on the cross, we can respond with gratitude. Our grateful devotion to Jesus leads to loving others with our words, actions, and attitudes. Genuine love flows from the one true God who is love (1 John 4:16, 19).
Loving God, help us get caught up in Your great love cycle! By: Xochitl Dixon
When have you struggled to feel loved by Jesus or to love like He loves? How does knowing Christ loves you completely and unconditionally change the way you love others?
Dear Jesus, please help me believe You love me so I can love others through the overflow of Your love for me
不要欠人的债；但在彼此相爱的事上，要觉得是欠了人的债。—罗马书13章8节，新译本
我在三十岁那年相信了耶稣基督，我将人生的主权交给祂，但心中仍有许多疑惑。当我开始阅读圣经时，我的疑问甚至更多了。我联系一位朋友，问她说：“我怎么可能遵行上帝所有的命令？今天早晨，我就对我丈夫大发雷霆！”然而，朋友告诉我：“尽管继续读圣经，并祈求圣灵帮助你能像耶稣爱你那样去爱其他人。”
如今，我成为上帝的儿女已经二十多年了，这简单而深刻的真理仍然帮助我，让我能接受上帝大爱循环的三个步骤：首先，使徒保罗肯定爱是基督徒生命的中心；其次，既然“在彼此相爱的事上，要觉得是欠了人的债”，基督徒就当继续偿还这欠人的债，藉此学会顺服，因“爱别人的，就成全了律法”（罗马书13章8节，新译本）。最后，我们成全了律法，因为“爱是不加害与人的”（10节）。
基督在十字架上的牺牲，证明了上帝对你我深切的爱，当我们经历了这伟大的爱，可以用感恩的心来回应。而出于感谢耶稣所流露的爱，将引导我们以言语、行为和态度去关爱别人。真正的爱源于这位独一真神，因祂就是爱（约翰一书4章16、19节）。
愿慈爱的上帝帮助我们，能遵行祂大爱的循环！
作者： 邓书琪
你何时感受不到耶稣的爱，或很难像祂那样去爱人？
知道基督无条件地爱你，如何改变你爱他人的方式？
亲爱的耶稣，请帮助我相信祢爱我，
好让我也能流露这份爱，能像祢爱我那样去爱他人。