[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.
Remember what I said yesterday, love is not an emotion but is a decision. There are people that when you are around them you do not feel like loving them, at that point the decision to love them must step in.
Just addresses our love for others by saying that the next law is like onto the first love and that is loving God. Just as much as we love God, we must love others.
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.
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.
Jesus said we must learn to love others. Jesus tells us that the world will know us by how much we love each other.
When we Love God and we understand we are the child of God we understand that our neighbor is a child of God also.
The elder brother in Like 15 didn’t understand who he was so he became jealous that his brother was being treated as a son.
Luke 15:25 (KJV)
[25] Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing. [26] And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. [27] And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. [28] And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him. [29] And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: [30] But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. [31] And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. [32] It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
The elder brother became angry at the way his younger brother was being treated.
V. 29-31 we miss out on many blessings because we don’t rejoice or understand that our neighbors are the child of God.
Romans 12:15 (KJV)
[15] Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Thank you Lord for your love for us. Lord, I love you. Help me to love others. Help me to be like you in loving Others.
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