Love is the most common misunderstood and misused term in society today. Everyone at any point has been asked the question “What is actually love?” Most of the time, people does not give an accurate answer. This term can be confusing sometimes, especially because it used to refer to multiple things. By definition, love is “a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.” (Dictionary.com)or, “a sexual passion or desire” (Dictionary.com). Despite this term is most of the time used as a synonym for ‘romance’, this word is not always has a sexual connotation. Love also means “a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.” (Dictionary.com). The Bible defines ‘love’ differently, 1 Corinthians
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Love is the first aspect of the fruit of God’s Spirit, Galatians 5:22-23 says “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things, there is no law.” (NIV). Love is the greatest of the fruit of the spirit, which is necessary for the other fruits, because “Love is the bond of perfection, binding everything together in perfect unity (Colossians 3:14, NIV).” All the other fruits are issued by love and any of them can be exercised without it. When we receive the God’s spirit, we are receiving his love. As Romans 5:5 says “God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.” (NIV). Further, after a person receives God’s love, this starts to grow in our heart and allows us to develop other fruits in our lives. We rejoice more in the Lord, become more peaceful, kindness, faithful, gentles and have more self-control. Don Hooser, in his article, says “When God's Spirit is at work in a person, amazing things happen. The person's whole life blossoms and bears beautiful fruit. And the most wonderful fruit of all is the giving and receiving of true love” (The Fruit of the Spirit - Love: The Ground from Which Spiritual Fruit Springs). Therefore, if we have the fruit of love and we apply it in our lives, we will be representing God, because love is the basis for our actions. That is why Jesus commands …show more content…
After receiving the love of God, he expects us to love others as he loves us. As 1 John 4:3 says that those who does not love is because they do not know God because he is love and the source of it. Therefore, “The love Christians are expected to demonstrate as a fruit of the Spirit is based on the two great commandments: love God and love your neighbor” (Fruit of the Spirit: Love). The first one comes from Matthew 22:37 when Jesus replied to a man, it says “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” (NIV). The Bible also defines love as an affection. As God loves us, he expects us to love him back. The second one comes from Matthew 22: 36, in which Jesus said: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (NIV). This commandment demonstrates the true definition of love. Love is not about focusing only on us, but caring for others. Because love is not selfish, but giving. Furthermore, love is also the act of obedience to God, as 2 John 1:6 says “And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.”(NIV). Love is more than an emotion, it is an action of kindness, caring, and unselfishness towards God and
Love is the first aspect of the fruit of God’s Spirit, Galatians 5:22-23 says “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things, there is no law.” (NIV). Love is the greatest of the fruit of the spirit, which is necessary for the other fruits, because “Love is the bond of perfection, binding everything together in perfect unity (Colossians 3:14, NIV).” All the other fruits are issued by love and any of them can be exercised without it. When we receive the God’s spirit, we are receiving his love. As Romans 5:5 says “God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.” (NIV). Further, after a person receives God’s love, this starts to grow in our heart and allows us to develop other fruits in our lives. We rejoice more in the Lord, become more peaceful, kindness, faithful, gentles and have more self-control. Don Hooser, in his article, says “When God's Spirit is at work in a person, amazing things happen. The person's whole life blossoms and bears beautiful fruit. And the most wonderful fruit of all is the giving and receiving of true love” (The Fruit of the Spirit - Love: The Ground from Which Spiritual Fruit Springs). Therefore, if we have the fruit of love and we apply it in our lives, we will be representing God, because love is the basis for our actions. That is why Jesus commands …show more content…
After receiving the love of God, he expects us to love others as he loves us. As 1 John 4:3 says that those who does not love is because they do not know God because he is love and the source of it. Therefore, “The love Christians are expected to demonstrate as a fruit of the Spirit is based on the two great commandments: love God and love your neighbor” (Fruit of the Spirit: Love). The first one comes from Matthew 22:37 when Jesus replied to a man, it says “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” (NIV). The Bible also defines love as an affection. As God loves us, he expects us to love him back. The second one comes from Matthew 22: 36, in which Jesus said: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (NIV). This commandment demonstrates the true definition of love. Love is not about focusing only on us, but caring for others. Because love is not selfish, but giving. Furthermore, love is also the act of obedience to God, as 2 John 1:6 says “And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.”(NIV). Love is more than an emotion, it is an action of kindness, caring, and unselfishness towards God and