What is Love

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Guardian1970

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Brothers and sisters,



Some crazy weather, earth convulsions and world events we are have been having right?



Knock, knock! Tic toc, the darkest time of night is approaching said the clock. Find your knees and raise your hands for the King of King comes to your lands. Some he will save, some ready for strife, marking and preparing the way for His wife.



I saw a video of a “testimony”, a girl who said she was “Christian”. That she is tired and wants to go back to what she was doing before. In summary, being worldly again. That is understandable, that is our fleshes nature and desire. The problem is, she never was a “Christian.” Though she claimed she did many “good things”. The problem is she isn’t known. How can I say that? Her fruits and misunderstanding of what God requires.



Love, you see, in our flesh we have a misunderstanding of what love is, for the most part. We can get it confused with passion, feelings of desire and emotions. What real Love is, is what Godly Love is.



My Lord said, no greater Love is this, that a man lay done his life for his brother. Ask yourself, what kind of relationship is that? What kind of dedication and love does that require?



He also showed this by when He rolled up the 10 commandments into two so that you could understand the simplistic nature of God and salvation’s requirements. You see, it is all about Love. This is why I said before, if you truly Love God, then by nature you will also love, treating and loving your brother as yourself. Not by your power or man’s love but by God’s Spirit and Love being inside of you. Being one! He sustains you and keeps the darkness out. He will put people in your life to help you, or for you to guide and help. Seek and you will find. Knock….



You cannot do “good deeds” and keep festivals and religions rights to please God. That doesn’t matter. You have to know Him, and be known by Him. That comes with the covenant born out of true Love. You can do nothing to please Him apart from knowing Him and by Holy Spirit teaching and guiding you. You must be born again in the Spirit. It is that simple. That only comes from true faith.



When Jesus walked amongst us in flesh, He showed many different miracles and healed many people. What was it he would say to them? Let it be done to you according to your faith! Why? Because that is the basics. You see you cannot truly love that which you truly do not believe in. You cannot follow or know, or be known by one who you do not believe in. A simple prayer doesn’t save you, it is what is behind the words of confession, true faith, belief and repentance does that. True love can only be established from rebirth in faith. True Love establishes that relationship that you will desire to feed and be fed. Like anyone looking to do and please their spouse who they truly Love!



Our society today many people claim to “love things”. Even their spouses. Yet they retain their expectation of transactional love covenants. I do for you, you do for me. God said I will save you and heal you. He didn’t say he will help you win the lottery or get that big car. How does that serve the kingdom of heaven? For who do you ask this? For someone else, or yourself? Where are your fruits rooted? In the world, or in God?



So let me ask you this. Who made and completed the covenant with Abraham? Who sacrificed the animal and split them? Why?



You know it is written, God sees and knows the hearts of man. Know this, man’s concept of love and covenant is different than God’s. If you were going to marry someone, and you found out they truly didn’t love you, would you still marry them? Then why do you expect God to hear you, or set you free? Why do you say take me as your bride but my true hearts desire is not for you, or the things you love, rather the world, there here and now.



This is the key, Love…. That is why that girl is failing and feels like she wants to go back to the world. You must believe, you cannot live that which you do not believe in. Because you do not Love or have God’s Love inside you. You would not marry a person who does not love you. It is not your actions that make the covenant. Or make you worthy, it is faith! It is the true faith and belief in God and what he has done for all of us. That should break your heart. You must Love God as the greatest commandment states. However, you cannot Love that which you do not believe, or believe in. It is God who completed the covenant with himself for Abraham. As the Christ, made the covenant between Him and the Father for us.



No one can come to the Son unless the Father draws them. That small still voice that maybe has you asking questions about your religion. Or about what you desire, remember where your heart is, there is also your treasure.



Many deceptions are already happening. Do not be distracted or dismayed. Again, look at the creation as I said before. Look at the trees, the plants, animals, and us. What do you see? A variety, or as some like to say these days, diversity? Yes, God likes a variety.



One truly born again and true faith followers will not be shaken by that which they do not understand. Because they know the Father, by the Good Shepard Son, and the Father knows them. God isn’t a story, or nice old man to visit in Sunday. He is and should be the center of your world born out of true love. Which leads you to spend time in his word and talking with Him. Seeking His face and will. Just like any newly wed couple usually does.


Be wise, keep the faith, stay the course.

What is Love? Truth, what is truth? Love

Love all, serve all, this is the way!

Love, a brother in Christ
 
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You seem to have extensively thought about the concept of true love.

I commend your work.
As for this girl you mentioned, she might have been in the middle of a faith crisis, or even under bad influence, subject to peer pressure and tempted to deny her faith for a sense of comfort.

She is no less a Christian for doubting her faith.

Luke 17:6
If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

Our works are inspired every day by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
A good deed that is performed for a profit never pays off.

Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

God-fearing men walk a straight and narrow Path.
But people who are terrified when they hear the name of Jesus are not bearing fruit.

Jesus disrupted because he extended love to those who persecuted Him.

Matthew chapter 5
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

We can do anthropology, be wise philosophers.
Conceptualize love and redefine it again and again.

John 15:5
Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.

Jesus loves you without condition.
May you always stay united to Christ in spirit.
 
Biblical love is essentially selflessness;

1Co 13:4 Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1Co 13:5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;
1Co 13:6 rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;
1Co 13:7 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

The flesh might be seen as selfishness;

Gal 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Gal 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,
Gal 5:21 envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Christians are expected to mature away from the flesh to the Christ-likeness of selfless love to be found walking by the Spirit.
 
Biblical love is essentially selflessness;

1Co 13:4 Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1Co 13:5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;
1Co 13:6 rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;
1Co 13:7 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

The flesh might be seen as selfishness;

Gal 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Gal 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,
Gal 5:21 envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Christians are expected to mature away from the flesh to the Christ-likeness of selfless love to be found walking by the Spirit.
the core of New Testament ethics. 👍
 
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