Thursday 24/5/12

1 John 4:7-8 ESV

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

This verse gives us a command and a sign to recognize if a person is of God:  if he /she shows love to other people. Love, as in the Bible, is the way a person treat other people, not a feeling. Christians can act that way, with the help of God

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.