Love is Greatest.
Love is the greatest gift that Jesus has given to us, for without the love of Jesus coming down to us as the perfect and greatest gift from God, it would be impossible for us to enter the kingdom of heaven or to receive forgiveness of our sins.
"And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love," 1 Corinthians 13:13. Jesus came and delivered these gifts to us, to abide in us - or to live in us. We are to be filled with faith, hope and love, but the best and greatest of all of these is love. We are to grow the fruits of the Spirit into our lives, and a quick look at the fruits of the Spirit reveal that these are all characteristics of true love. We are filled with His love and we are to let His live shine out from us as a light of love to the world. The love that is within us is greater than any faith that we may walk in.
If you are filled with faith and there is nothing that you are unable to believe for, even that you cast mountains into the sea, but yet you have not the love of Jesus shining through you, then you are nothing (1 Corinthians 13:2). If you spend all your time going out to feed the poor and sending money to feed the poor, but yet you do not have love, then you are nothing (Verse 3). Should you be highly spiritual and the greatest in the speaking of tongues and have not love, then you are nothing(Verse1).
In Matthew 22: 37 to 38, Jesus says that the greatest of all the commandments is that you Love God with all your heart and that the second is that you love your neighbour as yourself. There is a scripture in Matthew 9:13 that is sadly seldom used in sermons, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice." Mercy comes from the heart and is a product of love, whereas sacrifice tends to come from the brain and not the soul. Jesus requires that as the mercy of the Father was shown to us, by sending us the perfect gift of love, so too are we to show mercy to others around us in the form of His love shining through us.
Go out and let the light of love shine from within you into all the darkness that is around you.
I love Jesus
I love Jesus with all of my heart and all of my soul, and I am not ashamed to tell anyone that I love Jesus. Do you love Jesus and are you proud enough of the fact, that you are able to stand up and be counted by saying to others that you love Jesus.
What makes Jesus so lovable? Jesus is pure love. Jesus so loved you and me that He was prepared to lower Himself from heaven, live on this earth for some 33 years, be persecuted, be ridiculed, be tortured and then be nailed to a tree, just to prove to you how much He really loved you. He did all of that just for you.
John15:13 "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends". These were the words of Jesus, and that is exactly what He did for us. He layed down His life and suffered, just for you and me.
We hear all thes sayings about how love is the greates gift of all - Jesus was therefore the greatest gift to us as He was perfect love given to us. Love is kind - Jesus was the kindest of all. Love is patient - Jesus has been waiting for years just for you to come to Him. Love covers all sins - Jesus is quick to forgive you of any sins. Love is blind - Jesus does not worry about what you look like or your physical appearances, He thinks that you are beautiful and perfect.
Jesus is love, and there is nothing in this world that can portray true and perfect love better than the example set by Jesus himself. That is why it is impossible not to be able to love him. Jesus did give us a commandment that we should follow, if we do truly love Him, which is set out in John 15:17 "These things I command you, that you love one another." If you truly love Jesus, then He has instructed you, that as He loved you, so must you love all of those around you.
If you truly love Jesus, and are not ashamed to say so, then leave your name in the comments below, and merely say, "I love Jesus". If you have never had the opportunity of accepting Jesus and experiencing His total love, then say this small prayer to accept His love.
God Bless - Oh and remember- I love you.