"Keep yourself in the love of God..."
Father, Son and Holy Spirit make up the Tri-une God
We are in Him, He is in us therefore we become part of the Tri-une God?
We are His body, He is the Head
Jesus is seated at the right hand of God
We are seated in heavenly places

"Keep yourself in the love of God..."

Intimacy with God is maintained and deepened not made
It already exists
We are in Him
He is in us

"keep yourself in the love of God..."

Therefore I can not "keep myself in the love of God" if I'm encouraged to keep myself there, there must be the possibility of failing to do this
How?

By turning away to idols
By commiting adultery and finding identity, value and significance in other things

"We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way"

"If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the Lord Lev 6:2

Deu 32:20

"I will hide my face from them," he said, "and see what their end will be; for they are a perverse generation, children who are unfaithful.

1Ch 5:25 But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers and prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. .

1Ch 10:13 Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord; he did not keep the word of the Lord and even consulted a medium for guidance, .

Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful; and you will not be honored by the Lord God." 2 Chron 26:118

2Ch 28:19

The Lord had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel,for he had promoted wickedness in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the Lord.

2Ch 30:7 Do not be like your fathers and brothers, who were unfaithful to the Lord, the God of their fathers, so that he made them an object of horror, as you see.

Neh 1:8

"Remember the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,

Pro 21:18

The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright.

Jer 3:8

I gave faithless Israel her certificate of divorce and sent her away because of all her adulteries. Yet I saw that her unfaithful sister Judah had no fear; she also went out and committed adultery.

Jer 3:10

In spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart, but only in pretense," declares the Lord.

Jer 3:11

The Lord said to me, "Faithless Israel is more righteous than unfaithful Judah.

Jer 3:20 But like a woman unfaithful to her husband, so you have been unfaithful to me, O house of Israel," declares the Lord.

Hsa 4:12

They consult a wooden idol and are answered by a stick of wood. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray; they are unfaithful to their God.

Hsa 6:7

Like Adam, they have broken the covenant-- they were unfaithful to me there.

Eph 4:32

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Unfaithfulness will keep us from the love of God
We take ourselves out of intimacy with God
Not out of His covenant

Forgiveness restores relationship with God

Bitterness
rage
anger
brawling
slander
malice
will grieve the Holy Spirit

He is in me and I am in Him

His Spirit will lead me
Those who are sons of God are led by the Spirit of God (Rom 8:14)

The Holy Spirit will convict me of sin
I can live free
I can 'keep myself in the love of God'
In intimacy with Him
In Jesus

Let me live in the reality of the truth and the presence of God