Christ tells us to remain in his love by exactly the same means that he remains in his Father's love - by obedience (John 15:9). Thus we are disciplined, in love, that we might be loving and obedient children of the living God.
All this has transformed us, so that we in turn perceive the sheer rightness of the first commandment - to love God with heart and soul and mind and strength. As that is the first and greatest commandment, so the first and greatest sin is not to love God with heart and soul and mind and strength. For there is no remedy, save what God himself has provided - in love.
The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God
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