The love of God is unconditional! His love does not waver. He loves us with unconditional love.
In the Webster’s English language dictionary the word unconditional means: without conditions, not depending on anything,
God does not put limits on it. Now that doesn’t mean we can go and do just anything our flesh desires to do. He will correct us. Prov 3:12 whom the lord loveth he correcteth. He desires for us to be whole spirit, soul and body not lacking any good thing.
God does not depend on our love for him to love us.1 John 4:7-9
Remember he first loved us.1 John 4:10 also read 1 John 4:11-21
Eph chp 3:14-21 Notice it says grounded and rooted in love and that ye may be filled with all the fullness of God
Romans 8:35-39 who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine or nakedness, or peril or sword?
Now we know the love of our Father God! He also tells us that we are to love one another even our neighbor as ourselves. Are we walking in love with one another? Matt 24:12 tells us in the last days many shall wax cold. We can see that happening all around us and even in our churches. Let continue to walk in love with one another. Love one another and do good. Bless those who persecute you.
Matt 5:43-44 Jesus tells us to love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that persecute you: He sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.
1 Corinthians: chp 13: 1-13 we see in vs 1-3 that we cant think were so spiritual without love,
So love is not envy, it does not vaunteth, it’s not puffed up, does not rejoice in iniquity, doesn’t behave unseemly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil.
How would you and I measure our love walk by this?
Meaning of envy: wish you were more like someone else, or had what someone else had.
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To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag. Pride, which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what he is, does incline him to disvalue what he has.
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To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation. In the latter sense, the term usually used is flaunt |
Puffed up: prideful
Does not rejoice in sin,
Behave unseemly: not according with established standards of good form or taste <unseemly bickering> b: not suitable for time or place : inappropriate ,
Not easily provoked: annoy on purpose
Thinks no evil: That which is bad; wickedness, bad or harmful things.
Philippians chp 4:8 whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and good, think on these.
Remember as a man thinketh so is he.
we also see in vs. 4-8 what love is it sufferth long, and is kind, rejoices in truth , bears all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endures all things, it never faileth,
Suffereth long: When was the last time you had to wait, really wait, for something you didn’t think you should have? Be it pizza delivery or a long prayed for pregnancy that never seems to come, we all have moments in our lives that seem long.
To God’s perspective it doesn’t seem but a moment, to ours it can feel like a lifetime. What exactly does it mean to “suffer long”? This phrase is often rearranged to be identified as long-suffering or patience. It’s amazing to me how many of the statements in 1 Corinthians 13 relate back to our need for patience.
He was the perfect example of long-suffering and patience. I think of the many times the crowds pressed him for answers they thought would discredit him. I think of the many times he had to teach and re-teach the same principles until His disciples could understand them. I think of the many times He was not allowed any personal space as the masses pressed upon Him and pled for Him to serve them when He was already exhausted. Yes, Christ suffered long.
Kind: good hearted, generous, helpful, caring, nice, something somes does for another person.
Truth: Rejoices in Truth not the False we know the word of God is truth. Remember we mentioned Philip 4 talked about think on whatsoever is true.
Bears all things carry or support something, being able to let something happen without being angry, or impatient
Believe all things: think something is true,
Hopes all things: Hope deferred maketh the heart sick Proverbs 13:12
Endures all things: be able to suffer or to survive under hard conditions, be able to bear something, Notice we see the word suffer and bear: just like early long suffering and bear all things,
Neveth Faileth: It does not fail: Remember nothing will be able to separate us from the love of God and there is not law against such.
We may fail, but love neveth faileth,
1 Corth chp 13 vs9-13 tells us we know in part and prophesy in part, but when the perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away with.
Vs. 11 talk about when we were children, we need to be maturing in Christ we see in Heb chip 5 vs12-14 where it talks about going from the need of milk and not strong meat.
Vs 12 for we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face
Added to that 2 Corth 3:18 and 5:7
Vs 13 now abideth faith, hope, loves, these three, but the greatest of these is love.
That’s quite the statement. The greatest of these is love.
Love is powerful.
The opposite of love is hate, faith vs. fear, joyful or sad,
We can’t be in anger or bitterness and be walking in love, we must learn to forgive. Jesus told Peter when he asked how many times he should forgive , Jesus answered 70 times 7, We see in Galatians chp 6 to one who falls in sin, to restore such one in the spirit of meekness,Bear one anothers burdens
Love suffereth long, Love is kind,
We also are to walk in the spirit, the fruit of the spirit being love, joy, peace, longsuffering oops there’s that word again. Gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance,
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son.
John 15 1:13 Jesus is the true vine, abide in him, love one another even as he hath loved us.
Mat chp 11 :28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Vs.29 Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest for your souls,
Vs.30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. 1 John 5:3 for this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous
Come to Jesus today, Let go and let God he loves you with an unconditional love, you don’t need to try to earn his love, He loves you more than you know.
Remember this nothing will be able to separate you from his love. Walk in love with others. Do unto others as you would do unto them.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones: Prov 17:22
Psalms 37:1:-9 Fret not, Trust in the lord and do good! Delight in the Lord., Commit thy way to the lord, Rest in the lord, Cease from your own works, Cease from anger and forsake wrath, wait upon the lord,
So Fret not, Trust him, Do Good, Delight in him, Commit thy way to the Lord, Rest in the Lord, how do you do this by ceasing from your works, Rest in the Lord, wait patiently for him, Ceace from Anger, Remember walking in Anger is not love. Fret not in any wise to do evil,, wait upon the lord, and inherit the earth, Notice the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace, we need and abundance of peace in the times were living in.
Vs 18 tells us that The Lord knoweth the days of the upright, and their inheritance shall be forever., They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. Praise God.
Vs.22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth, and they that be cursed shall be cut off. ,
Vs. 23-24 the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way, tho he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand,
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God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. Seek him while he may be found. Walk in love, Remember love faileth not! You are blessed and highly favored, Remember to be rooted and grounded in love. Love covers a multitude of sins.
Praise God for his mercy and goodness endureth forever. Praise God for his wonderful works! Praise God for his love for us. Psalm 34:1-22 Praise and Trust God!
Fear not, perfected (make something good) love cast (meaning throw) out Fear (feeling something bad is going to happen, to be afraid of)! 2 tim 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Rom 8:15 For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, abba father Acts 1:8 but ye shall receive power, after the holy ghost has come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and in Samarian, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.
No fear,
But Power and Love
Sound (healthy in good condition) Mind
POWER < LOVE < SOUND MIND = 1 Corth 2:12-16 we have the mind of (Christ,) the anointed one and his anointing
Putting on the mind of Christ Romans 12:2 be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,