The Greatest Of These Is Love Essay -- Gods Love for Mankind

And now these three remain faith, hope and chouse. But the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 1313)No matter how anointed we ar in our preaching, teaching, evangelizing, ministering, etc ... there is no greater evidence of our knowledge of beau ideal than how we LOVE one another. Love comes from God and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows Him. (1 John 47) The indwelling of Gods love in us perfects our human character. Without it, we have no foundation on which to build our Christian lives.Love is not just an attri howevere of Gods character ... It IS God (1 John 416) It is the very essence of Gods being. In John 1334-35, we are commanded to love one another. This command is not referring to a physical affection or emotion, but a purposeful, voluntary SPIRITUAL affection an unselfish concern for the well-being of others whether or not we feel they are deserving of our love. Even our enemies are to start our love despite their attitude, or behavior tow ard us. (Luke 627-28) For despite our unworthiness, God loved us and made the greatest sacrifice to prove it.Gods Love for valetFor God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 316)God loves us so intensely that He purposed His Son to be unmercifully tortured, beaten, scorned, scrutinized and murdered ... all in the name of Love. He has bestowed His perfect love upon us, go overking those who are deemed the most wretched and alienated from Him that they may be saved. His is a redeeming love manifested in mercy and grace, for He cares for and help us when we are in need, and He accepts us and loves us even though we dont deserve it.But be... ...adulthood, our spouses can turn away from us in anger or frustration, our friends and relatives turn away for a multitude of reasons. But we can rejoice in the fact that there is ONE relationship where we will always go up love ... our relationship with God. There is nothing that can separate us from Gods love -- His love endureth forever (Psalms 118)Thanking GodHeavenly Father, we thank You for Your mercy, grace and supra all ... Your love. Without it we have no hope ... we have no future ... we have no lifeWe thank You for Your ability to look beyond our faults, and see our needs. We rejoice in Your mercy, for it has made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions Your grace, for it is by grace that we have been saved and Your love, for in love You sent Your one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him.