[4] Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, [5] Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; [6] Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; [7] Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
[8] Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
Love is not an emotion it is a decision. Many in our world today do not understand this concept of love.
Jesus is tempted by the Pharisees and Saduccees:
Matthew 22:34 (KJV)
[34] But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. [35] Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, [36] Master, which is the great commandment in the law? [37] Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. [38] This is the first and great commandment. [39] And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
What is the greatest Commandment?
Jesus answers this question by quoting from Deuteronomy 6:4-5
1. Love the Lord thy God.
When you realize who God is “Hear O Israel the Lord our God is one Lord”, it is easy to love Him. The more you know God the more you love Him.
The greatest commandment in Jesus opinion is to Love the Lord with everything that is in us.
a. Our heart
b. Affections
c. Our soul
d. Will
e. Our mind and thoughts
What Jesus was saying is that you can’t love God half-heartedly. It has to be everything. Your very being.
The problem is that we just want to love God part way. We need to understand who God is and how we should love Him. He is our heavenly father.
The problem with many in the church is that we just want to love God on Sundays, but the rest of the week we don't even want to think about Jesus.
You cannot love someone without talking to them. By talking to someone you get to know that person. We have to get back to a relationship with Jesus every day of the week.
I made a statement on Sunday that I had never thought about before and that is, how can we expect to spend time with Jesus for eternity but not spend time with Him down here on Earth.
Thank you Lord for your love. I want you to know that I love you. I don't want to just love you part of the way. I want to serve you with everything I am. You deserve my love and I appreciate you so much.
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