When I read the Bible, it seems that I often read some of the same things over and over again, and I understand why because the things that are repeated over and over again in the Bible are important. The one word that appears in the Bible a lot is ‘LOVE’. It appears 314 times. ‘LOVE’ is important because it is one of the laws of The Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments tells us how to love, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, thy soul, thy mind, and thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Jesus came to fulfill the law and the essence of the law is to love God and others. God is love. He loved us first (1 John 4:19). God loved us so much that He sent His Son to die for our sins. We receive God’s love by believing that Jesus Christ is our Savior. We can learn the Ten Commandments, but the power to actually love comes from God.
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and when we think of Valentine’s Day we think of chocolate candy in a heart shaped box, red roses and valentine cards. God’s Valentine gift to us was not chocolate candy in a heart shaped box, nor red roses. God’s gift of love was more than these things. His Valentine gift was his son Jesus Christ. Jesus love for us was sacrificial love, so you and I could live. God give us sweet salvation thru His Son Jesus Christ. So as we give to our Valentines this year let us thank God because He is the reason we have love to give.
God is love. 1 John 4:8 NIV
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Audrey,
ReplyDeleteGood post. I love what you put about how we are commanded to love God and love each others, and this love will lead us into right living (which is the premise of my book!). I'm so thankful for the gift of love that God gave us through His Son Jesus!