Love

“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”

1 John 4:8

Whether or not the scriptures ever officially used it as one of His names, Jesus Christ is the embodiment of Love. During His earthly ministry, love filled everything He did and said. He commanded us to love God and our neighbor. He told parables of forgiveness, selflessness, and reconciliation. He healed and lifted and befriended everywhere He went. And then His life ended with the greatest manifestation of love, as He gave up His mortal life so that all of us can one day have Eternal Life.

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

John 15:13

Paul wrote a beautiful ode to our Savior’s love in his letter to the Romans:

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?…

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

…Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Romans 8:35-39

Jesus Christ truly is Love. Let’s try to be a little bit more like Him by choosing to love those we meet throughout our day.

Thoughts about Jesus Christ—our Advocate, our Savior, and our Friend.

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Questions To Ponder On

What do the scriptures say about God and love?

“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” (1 John 4:8) Jesus Christ is the embodiment of Love, and everything He did and said during His earthly ministry was filled with love.

How did Jesus Christ show His love during His life on Earth?

He commanded us to love God and our neighbor, told parables of forgiveness, selflessness, and reconciliation, and healed, lifted, and befriended everywhere He went.

Can anything separate us from the love of Christ?

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?… Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers… shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:35–39)

What was the greatest manifestation of Jesus’s love?

His life ended with the greatest manifestation of love, as He gave up His mortal life so that all of us can one day have Eternal Life. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13)