Talking About Love for God John 13:35 tells us that one of the ways other people can tell if we are “Christians” or not is if we are sharing God’s Agape Love... By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have Love (Agape) one to another. John 13:35 What does loving God really mean? According to the Bible, loving God means totally surrendering our lives to him—with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our mind.’ The Greek word for the verb love in this Scripture is agapao which means “to totally give ourselves over to something.”Agapao is not just an emotional feeling, but what we relinquish our lives to. It’s what we put first in our lives. Agapao means a total commitment of our wills and our lives to something. Loving God means no longer living for ourselves. Loving Him is a demonstration of complete selflessness. Our motive in surrendering ourselves to Him and in doing acts of kindness for others is not to earn His approval or earn our way to heaven, but simply because we want to please Him. This entails continually setting aside our own thoughts, emotions and desires, and doing what He wants. The Bible gives incredible promises to those who love God. For example: Hearken My beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world the humble, the receptive and the yielded to be rich in faith, to be heirs of the kingdom which He hath promised to them that love Him. James 2:5
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