I Corinthians 13 - well-known as the "love chapter" breaks down what love is.
"Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy. It doesn not boast. It is not proud. It is not rude. It is not selfseeking. It is not easily angered. I tkeeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices in the truth. Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails!" 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8
As direct as this passage defines love - the greatest display of love defined is Jesus Christ. There is no greater definition of love than Him. God became a man. He took on the sins of the world, and paid our debt - a price so high we could not pay. He who knew no sin, became sin, and he redeemed us with his precious blood.
Jesus took on our sin. He was beaten,whipped, spit on, mocked and had a crown of thorns pushed into His head. He was nailed to a cross - shamed to die a criminal's death - crucified.
There is a scripture that is so well-quoted and so well known, that I think people really don't see the power in it. John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world that He gave his only son, that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life."
There is such a power in that verse there! God loved you so much that he sent his son to DIE for us! To REDEEM mankind! We were bought with a price, the precious blood of Christ! There is such a power in the love of Christ!
John 15:13 - "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."
Jesus Christ is LOVE defined.
A love so sacrificial, so costly. A love that is never-ending and never-failing!
"God is love." 1 John 4:16
"God is love and he who abides in love, abides in God and God in him." - How will you define love through your life? If Christ is in you, so is His love. How will your life define the love of Christ in you?
