What is the love of God? [[1Co 13:4-8]] KJV* 4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoice in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believes all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. *[[1Co 13:13/KJV]]* And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. Why the translators chose to use charity instead of love is not known to me, but in the original Greek the word is agape which they translated love in most other passages. This word love it is so central to the scriptures, and so pivotal to the New Testament that wisdom should tell us to make no assumptions about its meaning. Many may know already, but for clarity, there are three Greek words translated as love: 1) agape- it is commonly said to be unconditional love. That statement is true but not as people tend to use it. when thought of as God loves me just like I am or This is the way God made me the true meaning of the word is lost. This word means to have a benevolence toward, or put more simply to desire completely that another will posses and become what is wholesome for them to be and do. A related word is agapao which is the actions that come from the motive of agape. we will come back to this word shortly. Before we move on think of this; because we where in darkness, lost and bound by sin we where dead waiting on deaths physical manifestation in our existence. God by his agape(which has no benefit for self only for the one it is toward) sent his Son. Jesus by his agapao at the cross provided everything needed for us to have the light of His glory, an eternal home, set us free from the chains of disobedience, and bring us to a new life that never ends Read more at rickrosamond2.blogspot
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