Love: The Distinguishing Factor in Christians By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another. (John 13:35 NASB) What is the distinguishing factor that makes Christians different from those around them? The answer is love, but not just an old love but Godly love (in Greek agape). […]
Loving One Another: 1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. (NIV) The Apostle John was known early in his life as a Son of Thunder, primarily because he and his brother James wanted Jesus to call […]
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 How Does Love cover Sins? In order to truly answer that question we must first understand the word “love.” The Greek word Peter used in this verse for love is “agapao,” which speaks of an intelligent, thoughtful and […]
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always […]
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into […]
Day 279 Romans 13:8-10 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in […]
We love because he first loved us. Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also […]
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ. Philippians 1:9-10 Love, if it is to be truly Christian, must be based on […]
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” Matthew 22:37-40 The Law and […]
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love. 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 Believers must be alert about competing traditions of worldly wisdom and stand firm as one body in the faith. “Faith” here refers to the content of the gospel-Christ’s death and resurrection. Love confirms our submission […]
