The Greatest of These Is Love Love without action is just a word looking for a definition. God is a God of relationships and the two great commandments are love for God and love for our neighbor. SELF gets in the way of true love at every possible turn unless and until God brings new life through the work of His Spirit.…

The Greatest of These Is Love Honesty … Every relationship that is characterized by the “love” which the Bible speaks about must be based on radical honesty … “radical” because it is so rare in our world today. Sin, which is always rebellion against God, causes untold pain, separation and division among people in every area of life, and even within the…

The Greatest of These Is Love “How much are you giving to the Church?” Did your mind go immediately to money? When it comes to GIVING, money is only one part of what we as disciples of Jesus are called to give to the “Church,” the Body of Christ. Paul wrote to the Romans, “Owe no one anything, except to love each…

The Greatest of These Is Love Your understanding of the Church, the Body of Christ, and your love for your brothers and sisters in Christ reveals more than you might possibly imagine! Jesus made it clear that He was calling His disciples into a relationship with our Father in heaven, by His Word and His Spirit, that would result in a special…

The Greatest of These Is Love Commandments are given with the intention that they be obeyed. Jesus said, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them” (Matthew 5:17). Paul explains in Romans 8 that God has given believers His Spirit “in order that the righteous…

The Greatest of These Is Love Of all the commands Jesus ever gave to His disciples, “Love your enemies” may be the most difficult to understand and to obey. How do you love people who may hate you? What does it mean to love your enemies? Can you love and hate at the same time? It seems that we have more questions…

The Greatest of These Is Love God never commands believers to do something we cannot do through His power working in us! That is true with all His commands, and is especially true of His commands to love Him with all our heart, soul and mind, and to love our neighbors as ourselves. In giving this summary of God’s commandments Jesus said…

The Greatest of These Is Love “Do you love God?” It seems like a simple question, yet for most people the question never comes to mind and the answer to the question seems vague and even elusive. “Do I love God?” What does it mean to love God? How do you love a God you cannot see? Yet Jesus says the first…

The Greatest of These Is Love It has been said and repeated, “If you do not learn from history you are doomed to repeat it!” Why would that be true? Because human nature, without the Spirit of God, is caught in a vicious cycle of sin and rebellion against God. As the Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 1:22-23: “Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged…

The Greatest of These Is Love The story of “The Prodigal Son” is an illustration of an important truth. As a story, a parable, it does not teach or explain the entire message of the Bible or even the Gospel. The story says nothing about faith in Jesus Christ or the cross or the work of the Spirit in the lives of those who are God’s…