The Commandment Of Love, Part IX

Love is the string that resounds throughout the Bible. Whether Old Testament or New Testament, it is obvious that love is the real meat of what the Bible and God are all about. The story is a story of love. Consider the following logic.

God=Love

Jesus=Love

Holy Spirit=spirit of love

We know that God is love for the Bible tells us so and from this we can deduce that Jesus (the Son of God) is also love and if that is a true statement then it only makes sense that the Holy Spirit is the essence or spirit of God and that spirit is also love.

If all these things are love then you can come to several other realizations.

God's Will=Love

God's Salvation=Love

God's Mercy=Love

Truth=Love

Light=Love

Righteousness=Love

Faith=is not only belief in Jesus Christ but also the love whereby He saved us and confidence in that love.

I know this sounds too simplistic and probably silly. However, it is a way of understanding connections in the Bible. Jesus says He is the way, the truth, and the life. Jesus is love so love is the way, the truth, and the life, just as an example. Anywhere in the Bible that states anything concerning the light, grace, truth, righteousness, etc. is just another way of describing love. Even Jesus says the great two commandments are to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind and to love your neighbor as yourself. When Jesus gives the disciples a new commandment, it is the commandment to love one another.

We are saved through an act of love by a God who loves us. Love is good and hate is evil. Love is life and hate is death. If you do not believe in this just read 1, 2, and 3 John. The message that they have heard from the beginning is the same thing that is mentioned in the first part of the Gospel of John. The one they handled, the word made flesh among men and the message that we have heard from the beginning is love. Jesus commands us to carry on the love He showed to us with passion and conviction.

1 John 1:1

1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 3We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4We write this to make our joy complete.