Love!
GOD is LOVE and He says that Love
is the Greatest Attribute and Gift from GOD! (1 John 4:16; 1 Corinthians 13:13)
Everyone thinks they know what
Love is, but Love is many different things in the world; Love has many
expressions in human experience! Love is a Reverential Fear towards JEHOVAH GOD:
Love of family and country create emotional, relational and patriotic feelings;
Love of others creates friendly, emotional and hormonal feelings; Love of work
or hobbies creates satisfaction and joy; Love of sin creates pride, lust,
selfishness, greed, hatred and murder.
Love and Loved are in the First
Covenant (KJV) 187 times.
Love and Loved are in the Second
Covenant (KJV) 218 times.
In the KJV there is also Lovedst,
Lovely, Lover, Lovers, Love’s, Loves, Lovest, Loveth, Loving, Lovingkindness,
Lovingkindnesses.
Love is defined for us in 1
Corinthians 13!
What is Love? According to the
Bible Love is: Longsuffering, Kind, Rejoices in Truth, Bears all things,
Believes all things, Hopes all things, Endures all things, Never fails (1
Corinthians 13:4, 6-8).
“GOD is Love!”1 John 4:7-5:3.
“This is Love” Romans 5:5-8.
“GOD so Loved” John 3:16-17.
“GOD Loved Me” Galatians 2:20.
“Owe no one…” Romans 13:8-10.
“Precious Blood” 1Peter 1:18-21.
What is not Love? According to The
Bible Love is not: envy, self-promoting, arrogant, rude, self-seeking,
provoked, thinks about evil, rejoices in sin (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
“Rejecting GOD’s Wisdom” Proverbs 1:20-22,
2:10-19, 12:12-13, 30:20.
“Love not JESUS” 1 Corinthians
16:22; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12.
“Love of money”1 Timothy 6:10.
“LSD” James 1:12-16.
Who are we commanded to Love?
Our GOD – Exodus 20:1-7;
Deuteronomy 6:5; Mark 12:28-31.
Our Neighbors – Leviticus 19:18;
Proverbs 14:20-21; Mark 12:28-31.
Our Brethren – John 13:35, 15:12-14;
Romans 13:8; Hebrews 13:1; 1 Peter 2:17.
Our Enemies – Matthew 5:43-48;
Proverbs 24:17-18, 25:21-22.
Our Parents – Exodus 20:12; Mark
7:9-13.
Our Family – Ephesians 5:22-6:5;
Colossians 3:18-21.
Things we are Commanded to not
Love!
“Earthly treasure” Matthew 6:19-21-24;
1 John 3:17-18.
“The world” Romans 12:1-2; James
4:1-4; 1 John 2:15-17.
Examples:
The cost of Love is the Cross! John
1:29-34; Luke 22:39-46.
Giving everything to GOD! Mark
12:41-44; 2 Corinthians 5:14-21.
Live life like CHRIST! Mark 8:34-38;
Luke 14:25-33; ; Philippians 2:5-8; 1 Peter 2:18-25.
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