What Does The Bible Say
About Love?
By: Wanda L. Ball
We celebrate Valentine's Day each year on February 14th. This is a day that we appreciate the one we
love. We give them cards and gifts and go out of our way to show how much we love them. Love is a
very powerful emotion. And can be a great motivator in our lives. But the bible teaches us that love is
not an emotion that can come or go, but a decision that we make. In other words, we choose to be in
love. Some of us feel that we are in love one day and out of love the next. If our loved one doesn't do
something right or be who we want them to be, we don't love them anymore. But that's not true love.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 says, "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, 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 hopes, always
preserves." When we choose a mate, these are traits to look for and traits that we should also possess.
It can be easy to fall in love, but ask yourself these questions to see if it's true love? Is this person a
christian believer in Christ Jesus. Are they saved and have put God first in their life? And are they
willing to put you first, before all others, only second to God? Genesis 2:24 says, "For this reason a man
will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh." This scripture
indicates that in marriage we become as one person and no other, including parents, should come
before our mate. And we should also give the time and effort to make our marriages last a lifetime, so
perhaps the divorce rates can diminish. For 1 Corinthians states, "Nobody should seek his own good, but
the good of others."
But what does the bible say about love? 1 John 2:5-6 says, "But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is
truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him. Whoever claims to live in him must walk
as Jesus did." Jesus is an example of true love. He wants us to show our love for each other in action
and truth and not just by words alone. (1 John 3:18) If we want to know what true love is, we just
need to follow God and his example. The path and definition of love is found in 1 John 4:7-12, "Dear
friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and
knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his
love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not
that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends,
since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one
another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us."
Now that we know God's definition of love, it is important to determine whether we are just following
emotions or following God's will. In these hard economic times, we should hold on to each other and
love each other more than ever. Satan's job is to tear marriages and families apart and we can not
allow him to win. But always remember that if God's will is put first, then true love will overcome and
prevail at all times.
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