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Love Really is the Answer
But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but
the greatest of these is love.
I
Corinthians 13:13
You can have it all, do
it all, be it all, but if you don’t have love you
are nothing (I Cor 13). Love really is the most
important thing that there is. All of your
relationships should be characterized by love. All
that you do should be done in love. We are to love
God with all our strength, soul and might (Deut
6:4-9). When they asked Jesus what the greatest
commandment was, He said it was to “Love God” and to
“Love others” (Matt 22:35-40). He said that the
entire law and prophets is based on these two
things. Paul wrote that when we love one another we
fulfill the law of God (Rom 13:8-10). Jesus went as
far as to tell us to love our enemies and those who
persecute us (Matt 5:43-48). This is hard. I’m not
sure we can do this on our own and I believe we need
God’s help with this one. That is why it is
important to feel God’s love, to be filled with His
love; to experience His love for you and His love
for the people around you. Again, this may require
fasting and prayer. (It did in my case). It may
happen immediately when you are born again. It may
happen gradually over time. Once you
break through and experience God’s love, it is there
forever. It never goes away, kind of like His
Spirit. (Maybe they are connected.) It is awesome to
be filled with God’s love. Make sure you get to this
point in your walk with God. If you don’t, nothing
else matters. Loving God and loving others is
at the core of true Christianity.
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"Choose you this day whom you will
serve.....but as for me and my house, we will serve
the LORD."
Joshua 24:15