The Bible says, “God is love.”

We know that God loves us, for He gave His life for us when He died for our sins.

"Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us..." - 1 John 3:16 KJV

Jesus made a way, when He paid the price of our sins with His own blood on a cross, for us to be filled with His love.

The love we find when we are full of God’s love is not the imitation love that we tried so hard to put on to be kind to others when we didn’t feel like it. The love of God is love on the INSIDE that flows out to everyone around us. It is not our fleshly attempt on the OUTSIDE to love others. The love of Jesus is REAL LOVE.

How can we be filled with this true love of Jesus WITHIN us?

We find His love when we receive the gift of His Holy Ghost, His Spirit in us.

"And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us." - Romans 5:5 KJV

"And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him." - 1 John 4:16 KJV

"Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit." - 1 John 4:13 KJV

On the Day of Pentecost, all of Jesus’ disciples were praying in the upper room, following His commandment to go to Jerusalem and wait for the promise of His Spirit. They would soon have Jesus on the inside, and the love that He had shown them by His suffering and death would be within them!

"And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." - Acts 2:2-4 KJV

Peter preached the gospel to all those that witnessed this outpouring of God’s Spirit. Peter told the people how they too could receive God’s promise of His Spirit within.

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." - Acts 2:38-39 KJV

God’s promise of His Spirit is to us today – “all that are afar off.” God is calling ALL, that all may be filled with His love.