The Bible teaches that life finds its meaning in love.
Read the Scriptures below and reflect.
God’s unconditional love
1 John 4:16 NIV
16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
Ephesians 2: 4-5 NIV
4 But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, 5 that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!)
Matthew 22:37-40 NLT
37 “Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’”
38 “This is the first and greatest commandment.”
39 “A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
40 “The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.””
Love Fulfills the Law
Romans 13:8 -10 NIV
8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.
9 The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Love Is the Greatest
1 Corinthians 13 NIV
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.
6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
13 Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.