1 John4:7
[7]Beloved, let us love one another, for love is (springs) from God; and he who loves [his fellowmen] is begotten (born) of God and is coming [progressively] to know and understand God [to perceive and recognize and get a better and clearer knowledge of Him].
Love is very essential in a christian's life.
What is love?1 Corinthians 13:4-8
[4]Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.
[5]It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].
[6]It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.
[7]Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening].
[8]Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. As for prophecy (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), it will be fulfilled and pass away; as for tongues, they will be destroyed and cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away [it will lose its value and be superseded by truth].
God is love. He sent his son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for our sins, some people might take this lightly but it is something big, God could have wiped out all the sinners or destroyed them like in Sodom and Gomorrah but He did not because He has unconditional love.
We are loved by God, why should we go on seeking for this "worldly love"? Worldly love brings about desperation, self centeredness and selfishness.
God's love can dominate any kind of evil.
Further study:1John 4:8, 1 John 3:1
Prayer: Almighty father I thank you for the unceasing love that you have for me and let those who are seeking for true love find it in you. In Jesus Christ's name Amen
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