LOVE THE MOST EXCELLENT WAY

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THE MYSTERY OF SOUND(TMS).


LOVE THE MOST EXCELLENT WAY

INTRODUCTION

When asked to name the greatest commandment, Jesus quoted the Old Testament: ―Love the Lord your God with all of your heart, soul, and mind; and―love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:37-39). It might appear that Jesus could not make up His mind and therefore answered the question by suggesting two possibilities. ―What is the
greatest commandment? It‘s either to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind, or to love your neighbor as yourself. I‘m not sure. Pick one.
But, in truth He gave one answer to the question. These two commandments cannot be separated. If we love God with all our heart,
soul and mind, we will love our neighbor as ourselves. If our confession of faith in Him is valid, we will love Him, and our love for Him will be seen in our desire and effort to keep His commandments. Our love for Him, as well as our desire and effort to keep His commandments, will be seen in our love for others for He has commanded us to―love one another. Our love for others shows our desire to keep His commandments. Our desire to keep His commandments shows our love for God. Our love for God helps assure us of our salvation. Jesus set this pattern before us in Scripture. Our love for God and others validates the confession of our lips.
love for God and one another. Because our love for God is demonstrated by our love for others and
validates our claim to have exercised faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and
Lord, the subject of love should be of great interest to us, and the first thing we need to do is define the term.
What is ―love? The answer to that question is far from obvious. The biblical understanding of love differs radically from that of our culture. Much of what the world calls love God would label ―lust. Most often,
when the world uses the word love, it is speaking of positive feelings about
those who please us and provide us with pleasure. When they no longer please or pleasure us, we ―fall out of love.
Several years ago on television, a famous sit-com couple exchanged wedding vows, but instead of vowing to remain together ―as long as we both shall live, they vowed to remain husband and wife ―as
long as love shall last. Such ―love has nothing to do with biblical love.
What is the biblical idea of love? How can we know if our ideas about love correspond with God‘s? With a profound sense of our dependence upon the Lord we will examine 1 Corinthians 13 for answers.
To lay our burdens down, to be refreshed by the river of God‘s grace, we must embrace Jesus as Savior and Lord. If we have embraced Him as Savior and Lord, we will be eager to keep His commandments. If we are eager to keep His commandments, we will be vitally interested in understanding the biblical concept of love, for Christ commands us to love one another, and Scripture teaches that our love for others evidences our love for Him. Knowing we love Him, provides us with great assurance concerning the genuineness of our professed faith in Him as
Savior and Lord. May God grant us clear minds and tender hearts as we carefully examine this most excellent way.

Copyright: J. Render Caines.

E.A Isaiah
@TMS.

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