When Jesus Christ told his followers, in John 13, to love one another as he had loved them, he was introducing them to a new kind of love. Soon they were going to be able to love one another in a way never before possible. This love was not natural love, or brotherly love. It… Continue Reading
God sheds His love abroad in the heart of each individual who gets born again and becomes His child. Our response to His great love is to renew our minds to His Word and manifest His love in the world. In studying I Corinthians 13:4-6, we have looked at what characterizes God’s love. We’ve learned… Continue Reading
I Corinthians 13:6 tells us that charity, the love of God in the renewed mind in manifestation, “rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth.” This what-it-is-not, what-it-is verse describes yet another characteristic of the love of God in the renewed mind in manifestation. As born-again sons of God, we have God’s love in… Continue Reading
We are continuing on our quest to learn more about the love of God, searching out the characteristics of charity, agapē love, as listed in I Corinthians 13. So far we have seen that when we operate the manifestations of holy spirit in our service to God with the love of God in the renewed mind in… Continue Reading
Our God-given free will is a beautiful and powerful privilege. It is our ability to choose what we will think and what we will do. No matter the situation, we can exercise our free will and choose to elevate our thoughts and actions to the highest level—the love of God. This allows for the greatest… Continue Reading
On a Monday evening, after partaking of the last supper with his disciples, Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, walked with them to a garden where they would spend their last minutes together. It was the beginning of the thirteenth of Nisan in 28 A.D. Jesus’ betrayal was at hand, and in the face of… Continue Reading
In this series on the love of God, we are learning how to love with God’s love. We received God’s loving nature when we were born again of His spirit, and we have the ability to manifest His amazing love toward one another as we renew our minds to God’s Word. I Corinthians 13 lists… Continue Reading
Each day of our lives, we are faced with circumstances, challenges, obstacles, and opportunities in which to apply the Word of God. We don’t always get to choose the circumstances, but throughout the moments of our days, we do get to choose how we deal with them. As children of God, we have the spiritual… Continue Reading
God’s Word teaches us that kindness is one of the characteristics of the love of God. I Corinthians 13:4 says, “Charity [the love of God in the renewed mind in manifestation] suffereth long, and is kind….” The love of God is kind, and as God’s children we can manifest His love to others by deciding… Continue Reading
In I Corinthians 13:4, God’s Word tells us that “Charity suffereth long….” This word “charity” can be understood as the love of God in the renewed mind in manifestation: it is God’s love as it is manifested by the born-again believer. One of the characteristics of God’s love that we can evidence to others is… Continue Reading