CHOOSE TO LOVE
WE CHOOSE TO LOVE
John 18:23 “Jesus replied, “If I said anything wrong, you must prove it. But if I’m speaking the truth, why are you beating me?”
The importance of sharing the truth of God.
*Reading His book, The Bible daily has taught me to walk in Him so that He guides me and shows me the correct and righteous path.
God’s kind of love is not self-serving or self-seeking.
Agape love will cause a person to lay down his life for another (Jn. 15:13), because he has literally forgotten himself.
Many times when heroes are asked why they put themselves in jeopardy to save someone else, they reply that they didn’t even think about themselves. All they thought of was the danger to the other person. That’s God’s kind of love.
God’s type of love involves emotions many times, but it is Not an emotion.
To experience “living hope” on a daily basis we must “love one another deeply (1 Peter 1:22, 4:8).” This means growing from brotherly love (philia-defined by feelings) to unconditional love (agape—defined by Actions).
***God’s Love is an act of the will.
*We can choose to love even when we don’t feel like it and we can always conduct ourselves in a godly manner, when we feel God’s kind of love.
*God’s kind of love is a choice.
*God’s kind of love is also the antidote to selfishness and pride. We cannot conquer self by focusing on self.
**The only way to win over self is to fall in love with God more than with ourself.
*It is in discovering God’s love that we lose self love.
Jesus didn’t feel some emotional sensation when He chose to die for us, but that was the greatest demonstration of God’s kind of love that the world has ever seen. He made a choice in spite of His emotions.
Because He was consumed with God’s love, He acted properly, even when His emotions didn’t agree.
Jesus is the ultimate example of God’s kind of love! READ: (Jn. 3:16-20)
The cross is the greatest revelation of God’s love for the most unworthy beings — you and me.
O’ Lord, Your Truth has no error. The only error is our body and mind where we tend to fail You but You are ever forgiving and you teach us to be humble and follow in Your ways. Help us in these days of such need. In Jesus’ name I pray. AMEN!