John 13:34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
Jesus loves us perfectly. How can we ever expect to love one another perfectly? Loving us perfectly means understanding that and making a provision for that fact.
John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,
After Jesus sat down at the right hand of the throne He asked the Father to send the third person of the Trinity to be with us to help us love better than humanly possible. This is why it is so important to believe in the Trinity of God, God in three persons. He is always there for us if we will just listen.
Secondly understanding His role in our lives will help us understand what to expect and not to expect the Holy Spirit to act out of character. He is still God and as such will do no harm and will love us just as perfectly as the Father and the Son.
John 14
26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
1 John 3:17 how does God’s love abide in him?
God’s love abides in the heart, not the head.
Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
He cannot rule in our hearts if we keep on deciding that it is our choice to love or withhold love.
The mind that chooses to love is not perfect in love. It is another type of love. Brotherly love for one another is a type that doesn’t have to be perfect to be genuine and needful. Familia love comes in all forms, traditional, clinical, and sedative. Not perfect parenting is difficult, but it is still love. Erotic love does not require marriage but God’s plan for mankind for marriage holds an element of erotic love, but is not limited by it.
God in His infinite wisdom saw the need for His love to dwell in us in order to glorify this relationship and draw the lost unto Himself. This is the great mystery of Christ that His perfect love cannot be contained. It compels us.