The Commandment Of Love, Part VIII

Once we know what we must do, which is obey the commandment of love (the spirit of the law and not the letter of the law). We have been set free from the letter of the law but in new life we honor, worship, and love the God that bought us by fulfilling the commandment that Jesus gave us.

There is no greater purpose for us than to bear fruit for Him and His praise and this is done through the soil of love. Love is how the world identifies us as believers, not a cross worn around the neck or a bible in our hip pocket. Love is the mark of excellence but love is a hard lesson to learn and most may find that it takes all their life to fully learn it (even with the Spirit's help).

We should be stirred up to love and now that we are aware of this commandment we must understand what love is. Their are many words in the Bible that mean love such as Jesus, spirit, truth, charity, word, grace, salvation, and righteousness because essentially all these words are rooted in love. Paul spells out so elequently the definition of love in the following verse.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.