Just before the Lord was arrested, Peter assured Him that he would defend Him to the death. But the Lord said to him, “Peter, you would have denied Me thrice before the cock crows,” and before the cock crew, Peter had actually denied the Lord Jesus thrice!
That just shows us how fickle human love is, but Jesus Christ has introduced another love to us, which is Agape.
This love cannot be compared to the love of man. Man’s love is based on his emotions and is subject to outside circumstances and influences, but agape - God’s kind of love - is unconditional; it’s unchangeable; it’s God Himself.
After His resurrection, Jesus asked Peter thrice, “Do you love Me?” Jesus wanted him to reaffirm his love for Him and purge himself of the guilt of his denial by making a confession of his love thrice, the same number of times he denied Christ. Then Jesus told him, “Feed my sheep.”
This is one very important thing we’re all required to do. Don’t just love Jesus with your mouth. Let your love for Him be seen in the way you influence those who come in contact with you. If you sow God’s Word into anyone’s life, it’ll reproduce its kind. That’s why Jesus said, “Feed My sheep.” Go into all the world and make disciples of every nation. Feed them with God’s Word. If you really love Jesus, you would act like it, you would keep His Word. You don’t need to paste a sticker on your forehead or on the doorposts of your house for people to know you love God, you can show you love Him by doing His will. The Living Bible says it so well, “Loving God means doing what he tells us to do, and really, that isn’t hard at all; for every child of God can obey him…” (1 John 5:3). If you love God like you say you do, you’ll make His will a reality in your life, and that isn’t hard at all.
