Being loved is a longing in every human being! Today, let’s take a look at what the Word of GOD has to say on love (loving GOD, loving others, and loving ourselves).
Mark 12:29-31
Jesus answered him, “The ]first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
First, we need to know that love is not just something that our heavenly FATHER does, but love is who He is.
1 John 4:8
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
See, long before we were ever born, GOD loved us. His love is eternal! GOD’S love for us is incomprehensible; it has no beginning and no end and is beyond anything we can imagine!
Therefore, no matter where we have been through or what we have done in the past, His love toward us remains consistent, committed, and unrestrained!
Romans 5:8
But GOD demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners MESSIAH died for us.
Yes, GOD’S love is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He does not wait for our lives to straighten out before He loves us!
He proved His love even when we were lost in our sin. (Read John 3:16)
His love is beyond words—-AMAZING LOVE!
Blessings,
Pastor Bruce & Suzi Elman
L’Chaim Messianic Congregation