What does it mean “Love is not proud” ? 1 Corinthians 13:4……First Corinthians 13 offers tremendous insight regarding the Christian perspective of love. As love is described, the stipulation that love “is not proud” is included (verse 4).……The very word translated “proud” offers valuable information. It comes from a Greek word meaning to “puff up” […]
What does it mean“Love is not self-seeking” 1 Corinthians 13:5……Love is the greatest gift that God gives. In 1 Corinthians 13, we have an elegantly beautiful description of God’s type of love. To help us understand all that love entails, the apostle Paul includes some things that love is not. For example, love “is not […]
“What does it mean that God is love?”……Answer: Let's look at how the Bible describes love, and then we will see a few ways in which God is the essence of love. "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it […]
“Does God love Satan? Since we are to love our enemies, does that mean we should love Satan?”……One of the most precious statements in all of Scripture is "God is love" (1 John 4:8). But in our limited human understanding, we sometimes believe this means that God loves everyone and everything all the time. This […]
“Does God love everyone or just Christians?”……There is a sense in which God loves everyone in the whole world (John 3:161 John 2:2Romans 5:8). This love in not conditional-it is based only on the fact that God is a God of love (1 John 4:8, 16). God's love for all of mankind results in the […]
“What is agape love?”……Answer: The Greek word agape is often translated “love” in the New Testament. How is “agape love” different from other types of love? The essence of agape love is self-sacrifice. Unlike our English word "love," agape is not used in the Bible to refer to romantic or sexual love. Nor does it […]
The Shadows of His Presence Isaiah 32:2“Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a parched land". To one who had been traveling in the heat of the desert, such as the […]