Love is a word frequently used, seldom explained and often misunderstood. The most commonly used Greek word translated "love" in the New Testament is "agape." This love is represented by God's love for us. It is a unconditional, sacrificial, eternal and particular love. This love is probably best exemplified by God's provision for our rebellion:Biblically love is the unconditional giving of oneself for the greater good of another. Love is caring in action. Love isn't what we feel, but what we do. This kind of love can only be produced by saving faith.
How do I know when I'm doing it ? We love other people when we stop using them as means to supply our deficiencies and instead rejoice in the divine enablement to supply their deficiencies. It is interesting that the bible gives more descriptions of love than definitions of love. Which implies to me love is not so much to be discussed as it is to be displayed.
I John 3:16-18
16 By this we know love that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
Here John give us:
1. Supreme Example of Love v16
2. Subjects Expectation to Love v17
3. Statement Emphasized about Love v18
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