SHOWING LOVE THE RIGHT WAY PART 1

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Hello lovely readers. Today, we'll be continuing our discussion on this very important topic - Love.

Hmm! L-O-V-E, a four letter word that has existed as far back as anyone can remember, it has been interpreted, misinterpreted and reinterpreted (if anything like that exists).We would safely assume that we are all familiar with the secular angle of love i.e philos, eros etc.

Today, a new angle is going to be discussed, from the Christian's perspective!
Do you know that Love is the major example that Jesus Christ came to show us? Two major commandments given by Jesus establish this fact:
1. Love the Lord thy God with all their heart and with all thy soul. (Matt.22:37&38)
2. Love thy neighbor as thyself. (Matt.22:39&40)
Come to think of it, the ten commandments were summarized into two and truly, in reality, it's only through love that you can fulfill the ten commandments.

Jesus made it clear that to prove that you love Him, you have to obey His commandments (John 14:15). God, on the other hand, has already proven His love for us by sending His only begotten son to die for our sins (John 3:16). The greatest love anyone can show is to lay down his/her life for a friend as Jesus did. (John 15:13, Eph. 5:6)

Now that this has been established, we also need to know how we can show love to our neighbors as ourselves on a daily basis, how we can walk in love. This brings us to the concept of Love languages.

...To be continued in the next post...

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