On Friday I asked the question "what is love?". We looked at 1 Corinthians 13, aka the love chapter, for the answer. [Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8] In case you missed Friday's post, you can read it here. We looked at what love is and does on Friday, so today we're going to be looking at what love is not and what it doesn't do.
1. Proud When I just looked up the exact definition of proud, some of the synonyms are joyful, delighted, satisfied, and glad. That doesn't sound so bad, does it? What's wrong with being joyful? Nothing. It's perfectly okay to be proud of yourself when, for example, you finish a difficult assignment or test. But pride for the wrong reasons and in the wrong things is sinful. Pride becomes sinful when you start to think that you're so much better than everyone else and that you can do everything on your own. [Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18] 2. Self-Seeking A self-seeking person is always trying to do things that benefit themselves. They don't do things in regard to others. They're only worried about themselves and what they can gain. 3. Easily Angered If someone is easily angered, that means that they get angry and blow up at the smallest, most insignificant things. If you forget to return their pencil to them and they get really angry at you, then that is not showing love. 4. Dishonor Others To honor someone means to put them and their needs above your own. If you truly love someone then you will worry about them more than yourself. 5. Keep Records of Wrongs If you keep a record of wrongs, that basically means that you hold grudges. I know from personal experience, grudges ruin relationships. 6. Delight In Evil Someone who delights in evil enjoys disobeying God, enjoys disobeying their parents or other authority, they enjoy sinning, etc. 7. Fail Love never fails. Ever. Even when you go through the toughest times, the people who truly love you will always be there for you. So I hope this post has encouraged and challenged you to love people the way the Bible commands us to. I know it's not always easy to love everyone unconditionally all the time, but it's what Jesus did and it's what He wants us to do. So even though it's hard sometimes, I know we can do it with God's help.
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