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Today we dig a little deeper into the phrase that titles this week's study in Come Follow Me, God is love. We consider this powerful statement and how he should fashion our lives if we want to truly come to know Him.

Robert F Orton: Most of us profess to love God. The challenge, I have observed, is loving our neighbor. The term neighbor includes family, people with whom we work, those whom we see in geographical proximity to our home and at church, and even the enemy, though we do not condone what the latter does. If we do not love all of these, our brothers and sisters, can we truly say that we love God? The Apostle John declared “that he who loveth God love his brother also,” and added, “If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar”. Love of God and neighbor must therefore be inseparably connected.

Our eternal progression leans heavily on the degree to which we love. Webster defines love as the “unselfish, loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another; an affection based on admiration, benevolence or common interests”. And Moroni treats as synonymous the terms “pure love of Christ” and “charity”. We can best demonstrate our love to God by keeping His commandments. And we can show our love to God and neighbor by charitable acts of service.