WHAT IS LOVE according to the BIBLE??

hey everyone what do you think about when i say the word love you might think about your partner some of you about your family some of you about good friends and maybe some about god now some people might think they know what true love really is but they don't know and if you don't know what true love really is then you will have all kinds of problems especially when it comes to relationships listen to this 1 john 4 16 so we have come to know and to believe the love that god has for us god is love and whoever abides in love abides in god and god abides in him so here's the problem if you don't know what love really is then you don't know god because god is love so if you want to know what true love really is you need to go to the only source of truth that there is that we have in this world and that is the bible the word of god so what does the bible really say about love what are the types of love that's what we're going to talk about in this video let's get to it [Music] now just very quick if it's the first time that you're here on my channel my name is daniel and welcome to dlm christian lifestyle if you're looking for good sermons that speak the truth that are biblical then please subscribe and also click that notification bell here so you won't miss any of our videos because there are a lot of videos on here that you will probably want to check out now let's talk about love first you need to understand that there are four types of love in the greek language eros storge phileo and agape eros means romantic or sexual love storge means family love phileo means friendship love or brotherly love and then agape means god's love or sacrificial love now this is the highest form of love that you can get agape love i'll explain this more as we continue but then phileo that is friendship love brotherly love that's the kind of love that you feel towards your friends you know when you feel warm towards a person affectionate towards them but you don't normally feel that way to someone you don't know or your enemy but here's the thing you have to love them through agape love because you have to love your neighbor galatians 5 14 for the whole law is fulfilled in one word you shall love your neighbor as yourself now listen to this agape love is not a feeling i'm going to say that again agape love is not a feeling so what is it then it is an act of your will that means you love someone even when you don't feel like it that's powerful that is unconditional love you can love someone through the spirit even though your flesh don't want to love that person you do so by listening to your spirit and your flesh follows your spirit so you love them through god's love this is the love that god has for the world for everyone and it is the love that we as children of god we have to imitate that love because that is why we are the light of the world romans 5 verse 8 but god shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners christ died for us ask yourself this question will you give your life for someone else you might say well for my husband my wife or someone in my family well yes maybe no no that's not what i'm asking will you give your life for someone you don't know for a sinner that's a hard question isn't it that is god's love that is unconditional love and that is the love that god has for me and for you and that is why so many marriages fail today because they don't have agape love you know first they get together they have the spark and they only focus on romantic love era's love but then what happens if that fail they don't have agape love anymore so the marriage crumbles and marriage is the only relationship that should always contain all four forms of love eros romantic and sexual love storge family love faleo friendship love and agape sacrificial love unconditional love godly love if a couple has all four especially agape and if they focus on that then they can stay married until the day they die until death do us part because then they can love each other through the spirit they can see each other through god's eyes even in arguments disagreements they choose to love the other person even though at that point it's very hard for their flesh to love a person if you're in a heated argument man it's gonna get heated but that's the moment you flick that switch and you choose to act through the spirit and to love them through god's eyes because you see them through god's eyes that's what i mean you love them through the spirit through agape love you see them as god sees them you love them with the love that god has given you romans 5 5 god's love has been poured into our hearts through the holy spirit who has been given to us so you can't say well i can't love them no don't lie to yourself and don't believe your own lies because you have the power of self-control right you have the power to control yourself even in heated discussions even when you're busy with an argument you can kind of take yourself outside of the situation and look at the situation from the outside from the spirit and then act accordingly choose to love 2 timothy 1 verse 7 for god gave us a spirit not a fear but of power and love and self control you know the whole law of god comes down to one thing love love god and love your neighbor jesus said in matthew 22 37 you shall love the lord your god with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind this is the great and first commandment and the second is like it you shall love your neighbor as yourself on these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets you know this is one of the things that truly sets you apart from the rest of sinful mankind your love your agape love that is how we can be a light in this dark world because of our unconditional agape love for other people that is how we shine our light and if you truly love other people you will want them to be safe you don't want them to end up in hell so you will want to go and share the gospel to people that god bring across your path and think about this how can you keep the truth to yourself how can you keep the good news to yourself that is just selfish you were lost as other people are lost today but god saved you and now you just want to keep that to yourself you need to love other people as you love yourself and if you're worried about your own salvation you will worry about the salvation of other people you will worry about their souls where they will end up when they die and there are 150 000 people who are dying each and every day john 13 34 a new commandment i give to you that you love one another just as i have loved you you also are to love one another by this all people will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another if you don't have love then you're not a disciple and if you're not a disciple then you are an imposter you are not a real christian now let's take this a step further test yourself ask yourself do you truly love other people as you love yourself or are you selfish philippians 2 3 says do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit but in humility count others more significant than yourselves when i read this verse in my early 20s it cut right through me right between the soul and the spirit and i knew god is working with me right now because i'm lacking in this part count others more significant than yourself daniel you need some work here buddy and god is still working in me today how about you then he says in verse 4 let each of you look not only to his own interests but also to the interests of others have this mind among yourselves which is yours in christ jesus now if you are like-minded which you should be because even though we are a body of christ we are all different unique people we have the same spirit in all of us and that spirit pour god love in you so if you are a true reborn christian you will have god's love in you so that means you will love god and you will love other people now listen listen to the way of love 1 corinthians 13 if i speak in the tongues of men and of angels but have not love i am a noisy gong or a clanging symbol and if i have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and if i have all faith so as you remove mountains but have not love i am nothing if i give all i have and if i deliver up my body to be burned but i have not love i gain nothing 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 he does not rejoice at wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth love bears all things believes all things hopes all things endures all things love never ends as for prophecies they will pass away as for tongues they will cease as for knowledge it will pass away for we know in part and we prophesy in part but when the perfect comes the partial will pass away when i was a child i spoke like a child i thought like a child i reasoned like a child when i became a man i gave up childish ways for now we see in a mirror dimly but then face to face now i know in part then i shall know fully even as i have been fully known so now faith hope and love abide these three but the greatest of these is love you know you are only able to love because god first love you do you know that love binds all things together in a perfect harmony and if you abide in love you will abide in god 1 john 4 16 so we have come to know and to believe the love that god has for us god is love and whoever abides in love abides in god and god abides in him and this goes together with what jesus says in john 15 i am the true vine and my father is the vine dresser every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes that it may bear more fruit already you are clean because of the word that i've spoken to you abide in me and i in you as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine neither can you unless you abide in me i am the vine you are the branches whoever abides in me and i in him ye it is that bears much fruit for apart from me you can do nothing if anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers and the branches are gathered thrown into the fire and burned if you abide in me and my words abide in you ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you by this my father is glorified that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples as the father has loved me so have i loved you abide in my love if you keep my commandments you will abide in my love just as i have kept my father's commandments and abide in his love these things i have spoken to you that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be full wow what a powerful explanation abiding me i in you you need to understand this this is why i cannot understand people who say that they are christians but they just continue to live in sin they don't obey god's word because if you do obey god's word that means you love him if you don't love him you won't obey his word so there are a lot of people who say no i can continue to sin because god loves me he'll forgive me but you don't understand what true love is because if you love god then you will want to obey him 1 john 5 1 everyone who believes that jesus is the christ has been born of god and everyone who loves the father loves whoever has been born of him by this we know that we love the children of god when we love god and obey his commandments for this is the love of god that we keep his commandments and his commandments are not burdensome for everyone who has been born of god overcomes the world and this is the victory that has overcome the world our faith [Music] take some time and think about this verse for this is the love of god that we obey his commandments now if you want more videos if you have more questions then please watch one of these playlists here and i'll see you there and always remember god loves you and i love you too bye take my life and let it be consecrated lord to thee

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Length: 17min 29sec (1049 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 21 2022