Divine Love XIX - "to love" is to do

Divine Love XIX

. . . the will and the act are a one,
and will is the endeavor of love,
it follows that in the Word
"to love" has no other meaning than to do;
thus that "to love the Lord and to love the neighbor"
means to perform uses to the neighbor from love
which is from the Lord.
That this is so the Lord Himself teaches in John:

He that has My commandments and does them,
he it is that loves Me;
but he that loves Me not
keeps not My words.
(John 14:21, 24)

Abide in My love.
If you have kept My commandments
you shall abide in My love.
(John 15:9, 10)

Moreover, there are two things that cannot be separated;
namely, being (esse) and existing (existere).
Being is nothing unless it exists;
and it becomes something by existing.
So it is with loving and doing,
or with willing and acting;
for to love, and not do,
and to will and not act,
are impossible, for they do not exist;
but they exist in doing and acting;
consequently, when a person does and acts,
then love and will have being.
In this and in no other way
is the Lord loved and the neighbor loved.