What is Love?
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· 8 viewsThe word "love" is used a lot and it has definitely lost the intensity of its meaning over time. That being said, when the Bible says we need to "love our neighbor as ourselves," what does that mean practically in today's society? In a self-centered society, what does it mean to "love ourselves" Biblically? Looking to scripture first, I want to first define "love" and then discuss practical ways to love ourselves and then love others.
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I think a better question would be to ask...
WHO is love?
WHO is love?
Well...
God is love.
God is love.
Okay. I can see that. I’ve heard that before. God being love is mentioned in 1 John 4: 7-21 Story time.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
Phew. I know that was long but it’s all important. It needed to be read in it’s entirety in order to give the definition it’s best chance at being understood.
Now, let’s get to the next important question we need to ask. We know that God is love, but in order to really understand what that means, in order to understand WHAT love IS then we need to understand who God is.
Who is God?
Who is God?
Now…We’re not going to be here long enough for me to fully explain Who God is…as matter of fact it’s impossible anyway. There’s not enough words in world in order to accurately or FULLY explain who God really is. As a matter of fact, He only reveals things about Himself that He sees fit to reveal. So I can only conclude that what He reveals to me…there’s got to more lol. So with that being said, I will do my best to explain the “on topic” parts. So again, “who is God?” Well when I hear this question, I hear to possible, more specific questions. I hear....
1. Inquirey of a physical being 2. Inquirey of a character
1. Inquirey of a physical being 2. Inquirey of a character
The first question is easy to answer. Lol. Right? When was God ever a physical being. When could I have “pointed” to God if someone asked “Who’s God.” *Points “Thats God! That guy over there” lol
